Education & Training

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Health & Safety 2.0: Solutions to the profession's wellbeing challenge

Mounting evidence that lawyers are being exposed to unsustainable levels of stress is leading the profession to find proven strategies to combat it. Hannah Gannagé-Stewart reports

Call on SRA to regulate work experience element of SQE

Failure to set minimum salary could lead to trainees being exploited, say junior lawyers

The SQE challenge: learning models fit for the new legal services' world

With the Solicitors Qualifying Examination going live in two years, now is the time for law firms and education providers to work together to deliver training that meets business needs, argues Jackie Panter

Small but growing: why more firms might take on solicitor apprentices

Once uncertainties about the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination are finally lifted and a clear path is set, solicitor apprenticeships could become a lot more attractive to both law firms and prospective solicitors, says Jackie Panter

Training partners: how firms and law schools could work together in the new SQE era

New routes to qualification as a solicitor will have a major impact on law firms' recruitment strategies, says Jackie Panter

Learning models fit for the new legal services' world

With the Solicitors Qualifying Examination going live in two years, now is the time for law firms and education providers to work together to deliver training that meets business needs, argues Jackie Panter

The great training conundrum

Solicitors Journal's first CPD survey since the new regime was introduced in November 2016 reveals a profession struggling to come to grips with a far less prescriptive system

SRA unveils contingency plans for no-deal Brexit

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed potential changes to its rules regarding non-UK solicitors in case the country leaves the EU without a deal at the end of the month.