The new episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now! Grabbing the attention of aspiring solicitors and spectators alike, criticism of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination has torn through the media over the weeks following the most recent set of results. From City firms dropping training contracts from offer holders after failing on their first attempt, […]
Online stars are everywhere in law now – but is that a good thing? Lucie Cruz investigates.
Eversheds Sutherland has launched an ‘SQE Academy’ to allow its paralegals to qualify as solicitors. The two-year training programme will run alongside the firm’s traditional training contract and its existing apprenticeship route, and will take 10 candidates a year from the firm’s paralegal pool. The move has been sparked by the introduction of the Solicitors […]
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As students’ stomachs went into freefall last week, life decisions were being made on the hoof, writes editor Catrin Griffiths.
With the controversy surrounding this year’s A Level results showing no signs of abating, a growing number of parties are set to pursue various legal challenges against the Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson and Ofqual. There has been a flurry of activity since the announcement of results on Thursday, when it was confirmed […]
DWF is to stop asking for specific A level grades from training contract applicants. Instead, it will for “good A levels” or Scottish Highers or the equivalent qualification in other countries. The decision has been made to attract talent that might otherwise have been put off by the firm’s grade requirements. Graduate recruitment partner James […]
Suddenly, many of us are finding ourselves adapting our daily routines to the new ‘norm’ – at least for the foreseeable future. For those in the legal education world, this has meant coming to terms with new ways of learning and studying as we are all encouraged to socially distance ourselves to protect others. In […]
The entire process of becoming a lawyer is time sensitive. Students progress through university and law school, taking exams in their due turn. Law firms hunt for new talent and offer jobs two years in advance. Trainees wheel through the rotation of seats and eventually apply for newly-qualified jobs. As the seasons turn so does […]
Mills & Reeve has tweaked its training contract and summer vac scheme interview process by trialing mini-hackathons in a bid to find “lawyers for the future.” In the early stages of the recruitment process in February, the firm held group exercises and design thinking workshops to test the problem-solving skills of candidates beyond legal knowledge. […]
The magic circle firm is also decreasing the number of places available on its vacation scheme as it focuses on different ways of spotting and developing talent.
Our choice of career is an important decision which we are often asked to make before having sufficient opportunity to reach an informed opinion about the type of job that would suit our skills. To help decide if a career in law is for you, I have picked out five critical skills which, based on […]