City firms launch commercial property internship
A group of major City firms, including Berwin Leighton Paisner and Nabarro, are supporting a new six-week paid internship in commercial property.
View ArticleDWF primary, secondary and university student leadership programme to be...
DWF will roll out a national development and leadership programme for school children and university graduates over the next year.
View ArticleUniversity fees must be means-tested, says Sutton Trust
The Sutton Trust has told the government that university tuition fees should be means-tested.
View ArticleMajority of students would not seek work at ABS
Law students are resistant to working for a firm with an alternative business structure (ABS) licence, a survey by the University of Law has found.
View ArticleInternational Association of Young Lawyers focuses growth outside of Europe
The International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) is set to expand outside Europe in a move to capitalise on recent growth.
View ArticleBuckingham law graduates more successful than those at Oxbridge
Law students have more chance of finding a graduate job if they graduate from Glasgow or Buckingham universities than if they graduate from the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford.
View ArticleBar Council welcomes Chinese lawyers on training programme
Chinese junior lawyers will come to the UK to learn more about the English legal system and make international contacts, via a Bar Council programme.
View ArticleLeeds graduate wins cash to establish boutique firm
A law graduate is establishing a boutique practice after garnering a cash award from her university to help her launch the firm.
View ArticleOxford has lowest number of state-educated undergrads, says social mobility...
The University of Oxford has the lowest proportion of state school students among Russell Group and Oxbridge universities, an investigation by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has found.
View ArticleGraduate behind Rate your Lecturer: students are consumers
The graduate who launched rateyourlecturer.co.uk, the website which allows students to mark their university tutors on their teaching abilities and then publishes the results online, has said that...
View ArticleExclusive: University of Law to close in York and open in Leeds
The University of Law is planning to launch a branch in Leeds and close in York, in a move that could double the number of course places the institution offers in the region.
View ArticleBar social mobility week expands nationally
The annual Social Mobility Foundation Bar Placement Week has expanded to chambers in Birmingham in its sixth year.
View ArticleClydes launches Hong Kong trainee swap
Clyde & Co is launching a trainee swap between Hong Kong and London, following its drive to increase recruitment in the US and Middle East.
View ArticleOsborne Clarke imposes beefed up training regime for junior lawyers
Osborne Clarke (OC) is to impose a landmark top-up training regime on all its recently qualified lawyers, insisting they pass strict exams in specialist practice areas.
View ArticleUni applications from disadvantaged groups and ethnic minorities surge
Applications to attend university from disadvantaged teenagers have reached their highest-ever levels, while the proportion of white students applying to university is lower than that of ethnic...
View ArticleLaw firm vacancies take a tumble, say graduate recruiters
Graduate vacancies at law firms have fallen by 5 per cent, compared to last year.
View ArticleBurges Salmon launches PRIME programme
Burges Salmon has established a work experience programme for school children under the PRIME initiative.
View ArticleAmerican 18-year-old becomes youngest-ever barrister
An American 18-year-old has become the youngest-ever person to be called to the bar in England and Wales.
View ArticleShoosmiths launches new apprenticeships
Shoosmiths will launch CILEx level 4 higher apprenticeships in its recoveries service department, meaning that some of the first apprentices to gain this new qualification will do so at the firm.
View ArticleThomas Eggar launches CILEx apprenticeship scheme
Thomas Eggar has become the lastest law firm to launch an apprenticeship program for school leavers, with the successful applicant turning down a place at university to take up the offer.
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