Education & Training

Articles

University of Law renews five-year partnership with Linklaters

University and global law firm design bespoke LPC that incorporates a master's in business

SRA 'sorry' for confusion over trainee numbers

Regulator apologises for mix-up between training contracts and periods of recognised training for last 12 months

Apprentice to legal executive to solicitor

Russell Conway embraces the alternative routes to qualification in a dog-friendly environment

Why is CPD changing?

SJ's editor at large, Kevin Poulter, and managing director of Wilmington Legal, Mark Solon, discuss what to expect from the changes and why the current system isn't working

Trainee numbers have decreased

The SRA's training reforms are confusing the legal market, explains Max Harris

LSB approves SRA's CPD changes

Effective supervision will be 'essential', says Richard Moriarty

Power to the practitioner

Martin Coleman explains why the new CPD requirements will stop solicitors clocking up hours of irrelevant training

Minimum standards

I have some sympathy with the current predicament the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) finds itself in.