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The 10 stages of failing to get a vac scheme
It wasn’t meant to be like this 1. Hope 11:59pm, 31 January: Vac scheme application form submitted! 2. Uneasiness Remembering the reasons you gave for wanting to pursue a career in commercial law. 3....
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Government Magna Carta law summit hit again — Lord Green bails as keynote...
Perhaps the former HSBC chairman — who was meant to share stage with Justice Secretary — didn’t fancy a colonic cleansing. Now he scurries for exit amid growing concerns that tax payers and legal...
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University of Law stems flow to BPP and snares Linklaters for five-year LPC deal
Magic circle firm stays on board with enhanced masters in law business and management on offer to its trainees The University of Law has stemmed the hemorrhaging of big name law firms from its bespoke...
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Did 39% of Berwin Leighton Paisner’s trainees quit? Firm hit by doctored...
City law firm says three unaccounted for trainees “didn’t get to the offer stage” Claims have surfaced this morning that Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) fudged its spring retention rate to give a more...
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Criminal bar chief vows to speak up for legal aid as Global Law Summit opens...
Tony Cross QC hits back at critics who say he should boycott Chris Grayling’s law schmooze-fest The head of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has pledged to provide a voice for legal aid lawyers at...
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Slaughter and May is targeting Ivy League law students to fill London positions
Magic circle giant resurrects policy of attending top US recruitment fairs In a slightly worrying sign for law students at UK universities, Slaughter and May has resurrected an old policy of targeting...
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The bar ‘will die out’ and solicitors be replaced by paralegals, predicts top...
As protests rage in Westminster, Tony Cross QC forecasts the end of the legal profession as we know it The head of the criminal bar has used his platform at today’s Global Law Summit to outline his...
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As lawyers wake up to the mobile photo-sharing network, we bring you the best legally-themed accounts 1. UrbanLawyers Events for law students and musings on human rights, by Doughty Street barrister...
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Comedians stand up for legal aid at Not The Global Law Summit
Stars including Stewart Lee, Stephen K Amos and Sara Pascoe put on gig in protest against the cuts A host of leading comedians turned out last night at an event dubbed Not the Global Law Summit...
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Norton Rose Fulbright keeps 21 out of 26 new qualifiers
Global giant retains 81% of its London trainees The London office of corporate mega-firm Norton Rose Fulbright has become the latest outfit to post a trainee retention rate in excess of 80%. London...
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Ex-senior partner of law summit sponsor Allen & Overy admits regret that...
Over 50s discuss the future of law without a young person in sight The ex-chief of the global law firm that is “lead sponsor” of the Global Law Summit has revealed his disappointment at the £1,750 per...
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Latham & Watkins trounces magic circle with record-breaking earnings
New global top dog raked in nearly £2 billion last year, which buys a lot of hot dogs; while survey shows magic circle slipping in reputation stakes “LA’s fine, the sun shines most the time, and the...
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Social welfare training contract scheme to run every year
Charity’s Justice First Fellowship programme will create eight TCs annually The consensus view might be that training contracts in social welfare law have gone the way of the dinosaurs, but one charity...
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How first year students can get ahead in the race for training contracts
Alex Aldridge meets the Manchester University trio who won the Norton Rose Fulbright GP Challenge The old stereotype of the first year university student who lets their hair down and indulges in 12...
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City firms break two-year-in-advance recruitment rule to tout for trainees to...
DWF and K&L Gates need law graduates — and fast Two big corporate law firms are so desperate for trainees that they have ditched the City legal profession convention of hiring graduates two years...
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Government names and shames law firm for failing to pay paralegal the minimum...
But Rowe Sparkes Solicitors reckons the low pay was legit Underpaid paralegals throughout the land will be cheering after the government included a law firm on a public list of employers who have...
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Lord Justice Leveson to brush up on Scots law as he heads north with Judge...
Press inquiry impresario to judge top student competition — once he’s worked out what “not proven” means — with TV barrister also to appear as Bar Mock Trial final goes north of border Lord Leveson —...
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The Judge rules: The magic circle is dead! Er … no it’s not
Judge John Hack says the California surfer dudes at global firm Latham & Watkins may be riding high in revenue and profit, but London’s top five will remain magic with students for some time to...
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Law Society purges former chief executive from history books — or at least walls
Specially commissioned painting of hard man ex-boss Des Hudson is quietly removed from pride of place at Chancery Lane headquarters Is the Law Society performing a Trotsky on its former chief...
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Bundle rage: Lawyer hits back after top judge labels page limit rule-breakers...
To roars of support on Twitter, St John’s Chambers barrister Lucy Reed slams family division chief’s court document rant Sir James Munby reckons that lawyers who exceed the page limits for their...
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