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The road less travelled? The number of law students wanting to pursue a career in the legal sector is steadily dropping

According to Legal Week Intelligence's eighth Law Student Report (LSR), the number of students wanting to pursue a career in law has seen a steady decline over the past three years.
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Clifford Chance pilots stress programme with senior associates

Clifford Chance (CC) is trialling a work-related stress programme for its senior associates, extending its trainee psychological well-being scheme to more employees.
2 minute read

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Herbert Smith Freehills extends trainee secondments to Australia

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has taken further steps to integrate its former legacy partnerships by extending its trainee secondment scheme to include Australia.
2 minute read

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Barclays to partner with panel firms for university work experience scheme

Barclays' in-house team is to offer work experience places to undergraduates, amid plans to launch legal apprenticeships from 2015.
3 minute read

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Slaughters extends PRIME social mobility partnership with inner-city school

Slaughter and May is extending its career advice and tutorial programme with a North London school as part of the PRIME social mobility initiative. The magic circle firm will fund its programme of weekly one-to-one tutorials, workshops and career events at Islington's Central Foundation Boys' School for a further three years when the current two-year arrangement comes to an end in the summer.
3 minute read

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BBC kicks off legal services apprenticeship scheme

The BBC is set to hire three legal services apprentices, who will join the broadcaster's in-house team in London. The apprenticeship aims to cover employment and commercial aspects of the BBC's work, with the broadcaster considering any school leavers who can start in September 2014.
2 minute read

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BLP joins with ULaw to launch internationally focused course for trainees

Berwin Leighton Paisner has joined forces with the University of Law (ULaw) to launch a new course that will be taken by all future trainees at the firm. The launch comes eight years after the firm developed its own legal practice course (LPC).
3 minute read

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Nigel Savage to retire from University of Law in April

The University of Law's president Nigel Savage will retire from his full-time post in April, after eighteen years leading the institution.
2 minute read

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Higher power - how apprenticeships are opening up the legal sector

In December, the Government confirmed £40m of funding for 20,000 Higher Apprenticeships in the next two years. Jason Holt, a former solicitor and now the Government's apprenticeship ambassador for small businesses, outlines how law firms are using these Higher Apprenticeships
5 minute read

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Playing a blinder - can CC overcome Oxbridge bias with CV blind policy?

The Independent reports today that Clifford Chance (CC) has "quietly introduced a "CV blind" policy for final interviews with all would-be recruits," to overcome Oxbridge bias. There are lots of interesting questions to ask about this. Why quietly? I am guessing this is/was to see how they feel about the quality of recruits a couple of years in, without committing to the scheme prematurely.
3 minute read

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