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Training grounds – why law firms need to overhaul their training programmes

Behind closed doors UK law firms should be gearing up for what could be a training revolution.
5 minute read

International Edition

Magic circle continues to cut trainee intakes as firms rethink recruitment

Magic circle firms are continuing to reduce UK trainee numbers, with the combined intake down 17% since 2010.
4 minute read

International Edition

Sullivan & Cromwell to expand City trainee programme

Sullivan & Cromwell is to expand its trainee programme in London, a year after receiving its first intake.
2 minute read

International Edition

What do you want from your career and life?

the work that you relish, and that you find what you are doing worthwhile. It is worth thinking about this carefully, because it only gets harder to motivate yourself if you are not passionate about your work. I recently asked a group of new lawyers the questi on: "What do you want from your career and life?" Their response was stunned silence...
5 minute read

International Edition

It pays to read the small print - the dissertation on IT and law that transformed a career

"It was 1981, and IBM had just launched its first PC. I was an undergraduate at Glasgow University and was almost alone in the law school in being excited about the possible impact of this new technology. I wanted to understand what the computer might mean for the legal world - how might it revolutionise this remarkably traditional profession into which I was heading?
4 minute read

International Edition

Clydes, Eversheds and Osborne Clarke latest firms to post trainee retention stats

Clyde & Co, Eversheds and Osborne Clarke have become the latest firms to announce trainee retention rates for this autumn's qualifiers, with Clydes retaining 100% of its UK intake.
2 minute read

International Edition

Addleshaw Goddard to adopt groundbreaking apprenticeship scheme

Addleshaw Goddard is to implement a new apprenticeship scheme allowing participants to qualify as solicitors without a university education.
2 minute read

Legal Week

Addleshaw Goddard to adopt groundbreaking apprenticeship scheme

Addleshaw Goddard is to implement a new apprenticeship scheme allowing participants to qualify as solicitors without a university education.
8 minute read

International Edition

RPC and Weil announce 100% trainee retention rate, as results come in from host of firms

RPC has given jobs to all 15 of its autumn trainee intake, with Weil Gotshal & Manges also revealing a 100% retention rate.
2 minute read

Legal Week

RPC and Weil announce 100% trainee retention rate, as results come in from host of firms

RPC has given jobs to all 15 of its autumn trainee intake, with Weil Gotshal & Manges also revealing a 100% retention rate.
17 minute read

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