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Two students have proven they’ve got what it takes in recent competitions; one impressing with an essay on what determines appropriate humanitarian intervention and the other securing a scholarship to embark on the BPTC.
Only a small percentage of students on Legal Practice Courses are succeeding in their pursuit of a training contract.
The backlog of Crown court cases – which increased by nearly 50% during the pandemic – has now started to fall.
Kaplan Law School and Field Fisher Waterhouse have joined together to launch a scheme that will help students from under-represented backgrounds get ahead.
Magic circle giant Allen & Overy has become the first law firm to join the government's new social mobility initiative which gets companies to offer internships to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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The Inns of Court Pupillage Matched Funding Scheme will create 30 pupillages for aspiring barristers, with 15 pupils due to start in both 2014 and 2015.
Six lawyers have been promoted to international firm Simmons & Simmons’ global partnership this year, in what is the firm’s smallest promotion round since the 2008 financial crash.
Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen (1963) is seen as significant for two reasons. This blog will examine each principle, the distinction and its limits.
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The Institute of Paralegals has revealed a new strategy to improve diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and ensure that individuals from all backgrounds are not only recruited into the legal sector, but retained and progressed as well.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has appointed Nottingham Law School (NLS) to deliver CPS solicitor apprenticeships across the North of England.
The University of Law has secured an exclusive partnership with magic circle law firm Clifford Chance to deliver its Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) courses.
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Applications are now open for LawCareers.Net’s legal careers conferences, LawCareersNetLIVE, taking place in November and December later this year.
The ‘standard’ route to qualification that most Scottish solicitors take is to do a four-year undergraduate degree in Scots law, followed by a mandatory one-year course called the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice and finally a two-year ‘traineeship’ at a solicitors’ firm.
Norton Rose has announced an impending merger with US firm Fulbright & Jaworski, which is set to be completed on 1 June 2013.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has announced that non-practising solicitors will need to pay a £20 charge to stay on the roll from next year. The change will affect around 60,000 non-practising solicitors who are already on the roll.
The legal profession had its biggest turnout yet at the London Legal Walk earlier in May.
