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Law school wars: Nabarro first to pick a side after Kaplan’s courses sink
City firm Nabarro makes the first move, selecting BPP as GDL and LPC provider in wake of Kaplan’s withdrawal from market next year Property specialist law firm Nabrarro revealed this week that BPP Law...
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QC thanks profession as his billable hour appeal for refugees smashes £100k mark
Total keeps rising as campaign continues into fifth day The lawyers’ ‘Billable Hour Appeal’ for refugees broke the £100,000 mark over the weekend as donations continued to flood in from members of the...
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The 15 best law firms for vac schemes — according to those who have been there
Pinsent Masons leads the field, with only two magic circle players making the cut Global law firm Pinsent Masons leads a group of 15 City law firms in a list of the 100 best businesses in the UK for...
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Mayer Brown ups intake on earn-while-you-learn training contract alternative
“High calibre of applicants” suggests new school-leaver scheme could rival traditional route The London office of international law firm Mayer Brown has increased the intake of students doing its new...
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US firm Sidley Austin hikes London NQ pay from £75k to £90k as English firms...
Michelle Obama’s old firm soars away from City mid-tier in pay stakes The London office of Chicago headquartered global mega firm Sidley Austin has increased its newly qualified (NQ) pay by a whopping...
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The former MP, witchcraft and a big fat lawyer bust-up
An anti-child abuse crusader and a top criminal law barrister go hammer and tongs over definition of a witch hunt Take an emotive subject — what the hell, let’s go for child abuse — chuck a couple of...
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Feminist barrister tweets screenshot of senior male solicitor’s ‘sexist’...
Well, this is embarrassing A senior partner at the London office of Brown Rudnick has been shamed on Twitter after sending a private LinkedIn message to a barrister praising her “stunning” profile...
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Three City firms reveal solid if not spectacular retention rates as one...
Norton Rose Fulbright, Bird & Bird and Eversheds announce how many of their young are staying The London office of Norton Rose Fulbright has announced today an autumn retention rate of 77%, keeping...
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Millennial lawyers are getting sick of their jobs even faster than previous...
32% of UK lawyer job seekers are applying for non-legal roles — up from 24% in 2007, finds study The mismatch between student perceptions of being a lawyer and the sometimes tough reality has been...
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An 18 year old kid has qualified as a solicitor
Child prodigy Aussie is a month older than BPTC graduate Gabrielle Turnquest when she was called to the bar in 2013 Wunderkind Jozef Erece has become one of the world’s youngest solicitors aged just...
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University of Law enters Scottish market with CMS Cameron McKenna future...
English-style vocational course to be launched north of the border The University of Law (ULaw) is to extend its reach beyond England & Wales in the latest chapter of an eventful summer for legal...
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Boss of top legal aid firm vows to never instruct LinkedIn message barrister...
“It’s not for exposing sexism … it’s for publishing private stuff,” says Tuckers senior partner Franklin Sinclair The “sexist” LinkedIn message row just got real as the head of one of the UK’s biggest...
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Lord Justice Vos says firms and chambers bosses are ‘discriminatory’ towards...
Selection procedures for training contracts and pupillages favour the privileged, says top judge One of the most high profile judges in the Court of Appeal has slammed the unfair selection processes...
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The Judge Rules: Charlotte Proudman should never have let herself become the...
A cannier operator would have exposed ‘sexist’ message while keeping her identity hidden In some quarters the LinkedIn message lawyer row has been spun as an optimistic tale of a tech-savvy young...
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Magic circle lawyers trained in pro bono housing law — as busiest London...
More mixed-up thinking from Lord Chancellor Gove Lawyers at elite City firm Linklaters have teamed up with a leading legal education charity to provide free housing advice, as one of the country’s...
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Solicitors Regulation Authority says sorry to Lord Harley for ‘causing distress’
“Harry Potter” lawyer receives written apology over lost file fiasco, but independent complaints body clears regulator of discrimination Officials at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have...
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The billable hour appeal for refugees needs just £20k to hit £200,000
One last push required, as ‘How to get sued’ fundraiser event is launched As lawyer LinkedIn madness engulfed the world last week, donations to Sean Jones QC’s amazing billable hour appeal for refugees...
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What ‘commercial awareness’ means when you’re a trainee
Norton Rose Fulbright newly qualified solicitor Tom Capel — who’ll be speaking at Commercial Awareness Question Time this Thursday — on how the hard-to-define concept beloved of law firms manifests...
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Silver circle pair reveal retention rates — and one is much better than the...
Contrasting retention fortunes at Macfarlanes and Ashurst Single-office City outfit Macfarlanes has announced today an autumn retention rate of 74%, keeping 14 of its 19 newly qualifying (NQ) lawyers....
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Solicitors and barristers among professionals least likely to be replaced by...
Paralegals, on the other hand, are screwed Research conducted by Oxford University academics has revealed that solicitors, barristers and judges have only a 3.5% chance of being replaced by robots —...
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