Norton Rose is considering scrapping binding academic restrictions for graduate recruits as the firm aims to increase diversity. Instead it may use a screening process based on tests similar to the National Admissions Test for Law run by U.K. universities. The firm hopes the new selection criteria will allow it to objectively judge applicants who may have taken less common routes into law. A number of other London firms have already introduced broader tests.
August 08, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Norton Rose is considering scrapping binding academic restrictions for graduate recruits as the firm aims to increase diversity and boost applications from nontraditional backgrounds.
The move comes as a number of leading London law firms move away from relying solely on formal academic requirements in preference of aptitude and psychometric testing.
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