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Announced to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, Bond Dickinson is recruiting a new group of apprentices to its Plymouth office.
Multinational law firm DWF will adopt the Solicitors Qualifying Exam from January 2022 and launch the firm’s new graduate entry-level apprenticeship programme in partnership with BPP University Law School.
At the recent CILEx awards, honouring excellence in study, practice and practical training, Bond Dickinson won the award for CILEx Employer of the Year Award in relation to its apprenticeship programme.
Bright Network has released its research paper, "What do the brightest graduates want?", which among other conclusions reveals that law is in the top three sector preferences among its members, with female members placing it at number one.
As concerns over climate change grow and consumers demand environmentally-friendly clothing, even at a higher cost, companies (ranging from fashion retailers to supermarkets and airlines) have adopted campaigns that show the sustainability of their products or practices.
If you’ve decided that a career as a lawyer is for you, there are a few things you should be doing even before you begin university. This video is aimed at school students, sixth formers and those right at the beginning of their legal career journey.
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As Boris Johnson enters Downing Street, The Law Society has called on him to prioritise fixing our justice system and ensure that the legal services sector remains diverse and globally competitive. In this blog, I have fleshed out five things that the legal sector expects from the new Tory prime minister.
We were overjoyed to be nominated for the one award that we all had our eyes on – ‘Best society for mooting’. Receiving news of the nomination, alongside the unexpected addition of a nomination for ‘Best law society president’, rendered me incapable of wiping the cheesiest smile off my face – I was practically glowing with pride for our society.
Trainee retention rates have fallen overall for the first time since 2009, according to a survey conducted by the Chambers Student Guide.
Law firm Shoosmiths is set to give staff access to an extra £1 million bonus pot four months ahead of schedule, after hitting its annual target for Microsoft Copilot prompts early.
Following on from its stage one pilot of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is looking for candidates to take part in a trial run of SQE stage two in December.
LCN’s Matt Broadbent stresses that we are all the product of our accumulated experiences, both legal and non-legal.
On 7 November 2023, King Charles III gave his first King’s Speech since becoming monarch, outlining 21 new proposed laws, including a Sentencing Bill, Criminal Justice Bill, and Victims and Prisoners Bill.
Almost everyone reading this will have heard of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) and how it is currently coming into effect to replace the traditional LPC/GDL route to qualifying as a solicitor. However, this blog will not be covering any substantive or logistic elements of the SQE, instead it will focus on the reasons why it was created.
Over half of callers to the LawCare helpline in 2019 were trainee solicitors, pupil barristers or junior lawyers, according to the legal mental health charity’s latest figures.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has naturally been dominating the news this week. As the conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, many organisations have been stripping back their association, partnerships and operations in Russia.
As the UK awaits Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s update in today’s daily briefing on whether there will be any changes to the social distancing measures currently in place, here’s a short round-up of how the outbreak continues to affect the business and legal worlds, among other news.
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New trade tariffs, Tesla sales, Chelsea Football Club profits and the acquisition of Wild by Unilever are this week’s chosen stories for LawCareers.Net’s commercial news round-up. Read on to find out more about these developments and consider their impact on the world, your shortlisted law firms and their clients.
