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Five refugees are due to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) in September with the support of magic circle firm Linklaters.
The University of Law (ULaw) and the University of Sheffield have announced a proposed partnership which would see ULaw deliver the Russell Group institution’s postgraduate vocational law courses.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has apologised for creating "confusion" over the number of training contracts there were in 2014.
Mills & Reeve has been named as one of 100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work For in The Sunday Times’ annual analysis of workplace engagement and satisfaction in the United Kingdom.
One magic circle outfit and a trio of US-headquartered firms have revealed how many of their qualifying trainees are being retained as newly qualified solicitors this autumn.
As reported by the Law Gazette, the number of students submitting applications to study the legal practice course is down 10% on 2013 figures.
Bar chairman Alistair MacDonald QC has said that there should be a complete ban on all fees paid by barristers to instructing solicitors to prevent attempts to disguise referral fees as administration fees.
City firm and veritable fairy godmother Linklaters has launched a new competition called Aspire which allows entrants to select their own prize.
The search is on to find the UK’s best paralegals as entries open for this year’s National Paralegal Awards.
BPP Law School has announced that, subject to validation from the Bar Standards Board, it will be offering the BPTC at its Manchester location from September 2013.
The social mobility scheme Pathways to Law is being widened to GCSE students, the Sutton Trust has announced.
The University of Law has announced that it will be running the Bar Professional Training Course at its Leeds centre from September 2016.
The College of Law has launched an online 'virtual open day'.
Irwin Mitchell and The College of Law have joined forces with an agreement that will see members of the firm offered tailored training at all levels of their careers.
First reported in Legal Futures, the SRA has now formally announced that it will not be ready to start regulating alternative business structures (ABS) in early October because of parliamentary delays.
US law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has launched an in-house pupillage scheme.
The Bar Standards Board has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Inns of Court to recognise the “vital” role played by the Inns for aspiring barristers.
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.
London South Bank University has released a manual on how to establish and manage a drop-in legal advice clinic.
The Legal Services Consumer Panel, the law watchdog, has claimed in its submission to the Legal Education and Training Review that legal training is failing because it is too generalised.
