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Nabarro cuts trainee places by 30% as firm confirms spring retention

Nabarro has cut back the number of trainee vacancies if offers by almost 30%, as the firm becomes one of the first of the UK top 50 to confirm its retention figures for this spring's qualifying intake. The firm has slimmed down the number of available training contracts to 25 for the July 2013 deadline, down from thirty-five on offer in July last year.
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BPP joins Government initiative to create non-uni route to lawyer career

BPP Law School is set to develop an apprenticeship scheme that will allow school leavers to become lawyers without the need for a university degree. Conservative MP Matthew Hancock, the minister for skills, last week announced government plans to make higher-level apprenticeship qualifications - equivalent to bachelors and masters degree levels - available for the first time.
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Education and Training Initiative of the Year: Irwin Mitchell/College of Law/ILEX

"It's the kind of thing that might make me want to be a client of theirs if I could get one of my team on their training programme," said one of the judges of Irwin Mitchell's winning tie-up with The College of Law and ILEX. Going into partnership with The College of Law and ILEX Tutorial College in 2011, Irwin Mitchell became the first-ever UK law firm to launch its own legal and business education programme leading to an LLM in Legal Practice Management.
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Stephenson Harwood and BPP sign exclusive training deal with new international element

Stephenson Harwood has signed an exclusive deal with BPP Law School to provide the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) for its London trainees, in an agreement which marks the firm's first exclusive deal with an LPC and GDL provider. The firm's tailored LPC course will also include an exclusive module focusing on international trade and transactions, which will come into effect for its trainees on the LPC from March 2013.
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Clifford Chance cuts back annual trainee intake from 120 to 100

Clifford Chance (CC) has cut back the number of trainees it takes on in London by almost one fifth, with an announcement on the firm's latest newly qualified (NQ) intake pushed back to January next year. The magic circle firm has confirmed that it is reducing the target number of graduate trainees for its 2015 intake, with the new figure set at 100, down from a target of 120 in recent years.
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Diversity initiative PRIME surpasses work experience targets by 10%

Social diversity initiative PRIME has exceeded its target for the number of work experience placements offered, with 10% more opportunities offered at law firms than was aimed for.
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Bar Council launches new online pupillage application system

The Bar Council is launching a new online pupillage application system which will allow chambers to tailor applications for the first time. The new system, called Pupillage Gateway, will launch next March when it will replace the existing process, called Pupillage Portal, which is run by graduate recruitment agency GTI.
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Top 10 CV tips for budding lawyers

I recently did a CV tips session at Reading University, and as a result have been reviewing around 20 CVs from the perspective of a future employer. Here are my top 10 CV tips: 1. Tell stories. Most graduate jobs don't actually need a CV plus cover letter any more - they use online application forms, so the CV is a template from which you will pick out, paste and adapt the relevant details. Notice that most application forms ask questions, inviting you to tell a story; for example, to show how you reacted, dealt with a difficult situation or explain what you learned - so present some of your experiences as mini-stories about your role in a situation.
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Milbank to take on London trainees as firm bolsters City practice

The London arm of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy is to start taking on trainees as part of its strategy to grow its UK law practice. London managing partner Russell Jacobs said the firm is looking to take on one or two trainees in 2013, with this set to rise to four or five from 2014 once it starts targeting universities for recruitment efforts.
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GCs call for influence training to improve career prospects

The vast majority of general counsel are keen to receive training on influence to boost their career prospects, according to a major new research project by Nabarro. The firm's third annual general counsel report – which surveyed 100 GCs from FTSE-listed and large private companies – this year focused on the subject of influence.
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