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Law not like 'any old commodity', Lord Neuberger tells LETR

New Supreme Court president warns legal education review team against overly consumerist approach

Simulation learning helps create more rounded lawyers

Virtual learning environments such as the fictional Scottish town of Ardcalloch equip future lawyers with the legal knowledge and professional skills they need in the real world, so let's embrace the concept more widely, says Paul Maharg

Pro Bono 2012 | Starting them young

Nottingham Law School's Legal Advice Clinic provides a service both for students and those in need of advice. Nicholas Johnson reports

Editor's blog | Learning the law the Ardcalloch way

A village in Scotland is pushing law schools to consider innovative ways of harnessing technology

Northern delights | Leaving legal boyhood

Kevin Poulter fears he may soon be asking his trainees to pass him his slippers

Northern delights | The Great British Law Off

Sporting achievements, baking action or stripping exploits, you should think carefully about which will be helpful in supporting your career progression, muses Kevin Poulter

History graduate first to start new model training contract

First Accutrainee contract started late this summer and will be split between two London-based law firms

Legal training review make case for 'bespoke' LPC

Legal Practice Course 'struggles to adequately mirror practic'; and 'is not sufficiently transactional'