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Overcoming history - Rwanda's struggle to rebuild its legal system

The UK's College of Law has been assisting Rwanda's centre for legal education in its goal of training up the country's own professionals and rebuilding the legal sector. Dan Hill reports
8 minute read

International Edition

BPP turns to College of Law for new deputy chief executive

BPP has recruited a new deputy chief executive and associate dean, with the law school hiring Andrew Chadwick, a senior director at rival the College of Law, to take up both roles.
2 minute read

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Bigger than ABSs? The high-stakes review of legal education

While ABSs are gaining all the headlines right now, something perhaps even more fundamental is going on this year: the Legal Education and Training Review. Many know it's happening, but I suspect few quite understand how radically it could reshape the foundation of becoming a lawyer...
5 minute read

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College of Law targets Asia market with Singapore launch plans

The College of Law is set to become the first British law school to open a campus in Asia, with a Singapore launch planned for later this year. The legal education provider is in advanced talks with the Singapore Institute of Legal Education (SILE) about the potential launch, which it hopes could happen later this year.
2 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields teams up with UCL for £10,000 bursary scheme

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has teamed up with University College London (UCL) to launch a bursary scheme that will see two law students each year selected to receive £10,000, in addition to work experience and a guaranteed training contract interview with the firm.
3 minute read

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Kennedys launches legal apprenticeship scheme for non-uni students

Kennedys is launching an apprenticeship scheme for school leavers in a bid to provide legal career opportunities for students without a degree. The scheme, which will go live in September, will offer students the chance to join the firm as a legal administrator on a starting salary of between £14,000 and £18,000 depending on location.
2 minute read

International Edition

The minimum salary for trainees: in real trouble this time

Every time there is a recession, the solicitors' profession likes to reconsider minimum salaries for its trainees. For a while this was a kind of annual sport. Chairs of the Trainee Solicitors' Group and the Young Solicitors' Group Lawyers (I did both jobs back in the days when the Law Society Council was busy tearing itself apart) would be invited into the Law Society equivalent of smoke-filled rooms (biscuits and too-strong, rather rank coffee) to be told that they were standing between hundreds of new training contract places and they should allow the abolition of minimum salaries.
7 minute read

International Edition

Top law firm trio among advisers as College of Law gears up for sale

A trio of firms have scored roles on the potential sale of the UK's biggest legal education provider - The College of Law. Allen & Overy (A&O), Weil Gotshal & Manges and Herbert Smith are among the firms advising on the potential sale, which was confirmed by the College in September last year.
2 minute read

International Edition

Taking out the heat - key points to avoid in legal letter writing

During my early legal days, I became embroiled in increasingly snarky correspondence with a respected firm of solicitors. They knew I wasn't a qualified lawyer at that stage and, I felt, they had taken several opportunities in correspondence to let me know they were dealing with an idiot - and, by God, I wasn't going to let them get away with it...
6 minute read

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Trainee retention rates at top UK law firms see continued recovery

Trainee retention rates at UK law firms are continuing to recover after increasing for the second consecutive year, according to a new survey of 123 commercial law firms. The research, conducted by the Chambers Student Guide, shows that 80.5% of 2,253 newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers at the firms surveyed were retained after qualification.
2 minute read

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