Education & Training

Articles

24 Sept 2015

Former refugee fulfils career ambitions with help from the Law Society

Solicitor diversity scheme continues to support exceptional legal talent

16 Sept 2015

SRA training proposals mean less-advantaged students will lose out

Two-year training contract is 'about right' for entry to solicitor profession, argues Law Society

14 Sept 2015

Revolving doors

After the slow summer months, September brings news of trainee retention rates, law firm revenues, and the inevitability of a new smartphone from the technology behemoth that is Apple.

3 Sept 2015

Government approves apprenticeship standards for lawyers

SRA says standards in law will drive up quality and improve access to the legal profession

18 Aug 2015

The immigration cap: Potential borders between law firms and trainees

Rajiv Naik advises firms on how best to prepare for and manage the risk of an exceeded immigration cap for tier 2 visa applications when hiring non-EEA lawyers and trainees

18 Aug 2015

Riverview Law dips into existing talent pool to award six new training contracts

Fixed-price commercial law brand doubles its investment in staff learning and development

12 Aug 2015

'Need for social welfare lawyers has never been greater,' says TLEF

Big law backs Justice First Fellowship Scheme which will provide £75,000 to LPC graduates with a passion for helping society's most vulnerable

6 Aug 2015

ULaw cashback: A wishy-washy PR exercise is just not good enough

ULaw can of course put into practice whatever strategy it deems likely to make it money, discusses John van der Luit-Drummond