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Thinking global - bringing international law training to India's ambitious law graduates

With two million graduates every year, there is increasing demand for international law training in India, writes Rita Dev...
6 minute read

International Edition

What I wish I knew when I left uni - the profession's finest offer some life advice

They say hindsight is 20/20 – London's senior lawyers offer their very best advice to Legal Week readers...
7 minute read

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On course to work - is flexible part-time training a realistic option for aspiring lawyers?

With tuition fees on the rise in the UK and student debt increasing, part-time study is becoming an increasingly attractive option for law students who need to work to finance their degree. The introduction of £9,000 annual tuition fees may not happen until 2012, but law course providers say interest in studying part time has been on the rise for some time. According to Sarah Hutchinson, the board member for business development at the College of Law (CoL), the tough financial climate is likely to have had both a positive and negative impact on the number of applications to law courses, including part-time programmes.
8 minute read

International Edition

Recruit by design: law firms have not yet learned to deliver the advisers GCs want

General counsel say quality of staff is the most important factor when choosing a law firm – but many advisers fail with basic commercial acumen, explain Jonathan Day and Marc Bartel of Heidrick & Struggles
5 minute read

International Edition

Will touted new venture Acculaw provide new route to law or fuel lawyer sub-class?

Even without another downturn, the outlook for law students remains far from rosy. The number of training contracts on offer last year shrunk to 4,874, a fall of 23% against its peak in 2007-08, while the pool of legal practice course (LPC) graduates without an offer continues to grow monthly. Yet law firms eyeing the uncertain market are in some cases still scaling back their future intakes. In this context, former Lovells lawyer Susan Cooper claims to have found a workable solution with her newly-founded business Acculaw. The unusual venture will see Acculaw offer training contracts to LPC graduates and oversee their development by providing training and seconding them to law firms.
7 minute read

International Edition

The PRIME diversity initiative: game-changer or window-dressing?

a number of work experience places that is not less than 50% of the number of training contract places that [they] offer each year and will achieve this by the end of the academic year 2012-13.
4 minute read

International Edition

DWF opens legal apprentice academy to offer non-uni route into law

DWF has launched a paralegal academy to offer school-leavers an alternative route into the legal profession. The scheme, which has been set up in partnership with the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX), will provide an opportunity for 'legal apprentices' to gain qualifications while working.
2 minute read

International Edition

Olswang signs up for touted new trainee temp business Acculaw

Olswang has become the first firm to sign up for a pilot scheme to accept trainee solicitors from Acculaw, a newly-launched body that will take on and second trainee solicitors to law firms. The company, which received approval this month from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), will offer training contracts to law graduates, who will then be seconded to City law firms and in-house legal departments in order to complete their training, with Acculaw ensuring that all regulatory requirements are met.
3 minute read

International Edition

DWF agrees College of Law LPC deal as Pinsents widens access to legal career

DWF has become the latest law firm to agree an exclusive deal to send all of its future trainees to study at the College of Law. The College will provide the Legal Practice Course (LPC) to all of DWF's future trainees from later this month, with the students able to study at any of the law school's eight UK locations.
2 minute read

International Edition

Look beyond the usual suspects and change the face of work experience

Allen & Overy's David Morley discusses the groundbreaking initiative to widen access to the legal profession
4 minute read

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