Legal Education

Manchester Met Uni offers lifeline to Halliwells trainees with law firm work placement scheme

By Alex Aldridge | July 26, 2010

Manchester Metropolitan University is offering assistance to the Halliwells future trainees who saw their training contracts cancelled last week with the launch of a new scheme for unemployed graduates. The university will give £1,000 to firms that take on unemployed law graduates for a month-long work placement. The award will allow the receiving firm to pay the graduates a minimum wage salary for four weeks, without incurring costs. The source of the money is a £300,000 grant given to Manchester Met by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to help unemployed graduates gain work experience.

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Forty-five future Halliwells trainees see training contracts cancelled

By Suzi Ring | July 22, 2010

Forty-five Halliwells trainees who were due to start their training contracts during the coming year have had their offers terminated in the wake of the firm's asset sale. The trainees spread across three intakes in August this year and January and June 2011 were informed on Monday (19 July) that their training contracts have been cancelled. They will be able to reapply to the purchasing firms through the normal recruitment process, but with no guarantee of the original commitment being honoured.

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CC increases retention rates to 79% for September qualifying intake

By Sofia Lind | July 14, 2010

Clifford Chance (CC) has improved its trainee retention rates with 79% of September qualifiers due to remain with the magic circle firm. The offer rate at the firm stood at 82%, as CC offered 60 jobs to 73 qualifiers, from which 58 have accepted a role with the firm. The numbers mark an improvement of almost 10% on the rates at the City giant in March this year and in September 2009, when the retention rate stood at 70% on both occasions.

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Beachcroft defers one third of trainees from September intake

By Claire Ruckin | July 2, 2010

Beachcroft has deferred a number of trainees who were due to start their training contract at the firm this September. Ten of the 29 trainees from the firm's September intake have agreed to defer for one year, while four more are likely to take paralegal roles - including one in Auckland and another with a Beachcroft client - before commencing their training contract in one year's time.

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Norton Rose teams up with Cass to pilot partner training

By Sofia Lind | June 9, 2010

Norton Rose is set to pilot a global partner development programme after entering an agreement with Cass Business School in London. Partners at the City law firm will be trained in areas including efficiency and management under a new scheme to be rolled out later this month.

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Garrigues launches MBA management programme for law firm leaders

By Suzi Ring | June 1, 2010

Garrigues' former managing partner is set to launch an executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) to train lawyers and other professionals on leading advisory businesses. Miguel Gordillo, who stepped down from his role as managing partner at the Spanish giant in September 2009, will launch the programme in October this year alongside former chief executive of Deloitte in Europe Alberto Terol.

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A legal gig - why Blur's drummer decided to train as a lawyer

By Alex Aldridge | May 12, 2010

It's the first day of the Legal Practice Course (LPC) at BPP Law School's Holborn branch. To break the ice, the tutor suggests that each person tells everyone else what they did over the summer. Cue the usual tales of vacation schemes and exotic holidays. Finally, it's the turn of the scruffy older guy in the corner. "I did some gigs in Hyde Park, then headlined Glastonbury." "A few people thought I was joking at first," explains Dave Rowntree, LPC student and drummer in the band Blur. "But they googled me and found out I was telling the truth. Not that it was a big deal - after a day it was obvious I wasn't going to turn up in a diamond-encrusted Rolls Royce and laud it over everyone. I'm serious about the law and love learning."

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Eversheds set to launch new training academy

By Claire Ruckin | May 11, 2010

Eversheds is set to launch a new training academy as part of a major shake-up of its learning and development framework, in a bid to move further away from promotions based on post-qualification experience (PQE). Junior lawyers at the firm will be able to apply to study courses on business accounts and reporting, building commercial relationships, marketing and business development from June. The firm will also run a shortened Master in Business Administration programme.

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Student round-up: Coventry Uni unveils sports law course; Ashurst signs UAE law school deal

By Alex Aldridge | May 10, 2010

Coventry University is launching a new postgraduate certificate in sports law. The one-year programme will run for the first time from October 2010, and will be delivered at Coventry University's new London campus located in East India House in the City of London. The course, which will cost around £3,000, is open to anyone with an LLB or GDL qualification or to non-legally qualified individuals with significant experience in the sports world.

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OC signs up to exclusive College of Law training deal

By Suzi Ring | April 22, 2010

Osborne Clarke (OC) has become the latest firm to seal an exclusive deal to send all of its City trainees to study at the College of Law. From September 2010, the college will provide the Graduate Diploma in Law, the Professional Skills Course and the Legal Practice Course for all of OC's future trainees.

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Law.com

Entertainment Lawyer, Producer and Professor: David Albert Pierce Remembered for 'Teaching in an Entertaining Way'

By Christine Charnosky | August 3, 2023

"[I] am grateful to have been one of the people he reached as a student with his knowledge, insights and humorous approach to teaching in an entertaining way!" Kathy Berardi, a UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television alum, posted to LinkedIn on Wednesday.

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ONU Seeks to Dismiss Tenured Professor Accused of Bullying

By Christine Charnosky | August 1, 2023

"It appears that there is compelling evidence on both sides of the matter that will be presented to the hearing panel (i.e. the proverbial 50/50 ball often mentioned in athletics)," according to Judge Jonathan P. Hein's July 31 decision.

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Vermont Law Receives $2.5M for Climate Change Studies

By Christine Charnosky | August 1, 2023

"We have continuously bent Mother Nature to our will, and we're experiencing the results," Arthur Berndt said in a statement. "We urgently need to change course, to support policies and principles that will promote a livable future."

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Ahead of the Curve: Assessing the Diversity of U.S. Law Deans After a Flurry of Leadership Changes

By Christine Charnosky | July 31, 2023

Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I'm Christine Charnosky, legal education reporter for Law.com, and I'll be your host for this week's look…

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University of Wyoming Law Dean to Step Down Next Year

By Christine Charnosky | July 29, 2023

"One of my favorite aspects of being a dean is teaching and working closely with the students, so I'm looking forward to just interacting and engaging with the students full time," UW College of Law Dean Klint Alexander told Law.com on Thursday.

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ASU Law School Welcomes Use of AI Tools on Admission Applications

By Christine Charnosky | July 28, 2023

"Our law school is driven by an innovative mindset," Stacy Leeds, the Willard H. Pedrick Dean and Regents Professor of Law, said in a statement. "By embracing emerging technologies, and teaching students the ethical responsibilities associated with technology, we will enhance legal education and break down barriers that may exist for prospective students."

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New Jersey Law Journal

President's Departure Marks Latest Change at Seton Hall

By Christine Charnosky | July 26, 2023

The move follows—but doesn't appear related to—the institution's $1 million fraud investigation at its law school.

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Perkins Coie Establishes $300K Tech Law Scholarship at HBCU North Carolina Central University School of Law

By Christine Charnosky | July 26, 2023

"I commend and thank Perkins Coie for the firm's generosity and visionary leadership in technology law, a growing and significant practice area," Patricia Timmons-Goodson, dean of NCCU Law, said in a statement. "The creation of the Perkins Coie Technology Law Scholarship at North Carolina Central University School of Law will over time strengthen and diversify the legal profession."

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Bill Adams to Step Down From ABA Next Year

By Christine Charnosky | July 25, 2023

"Bill has been a good face for the council. He has been accessible to and a real resource for the deans. His approach was to deal with problems quickly before they became bigger problems, and he served legal education well," Leo Martinez said in a statement.

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Stanford Law's Associate Dean of DEI Resigns Months After Interrupting Judge's On-Campus Speech

By Christine Charnosky | July 20, 2023

"Associate Dean Steinbach and I both hope that SLS can move forward as a community from the divisions caused by the March 9 event," which presented "significant challenges for the administration, the students, and the entire law school community," SLS Dean Jenny Martinez wrote in her email.

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