Within a decade, training for major law firms has switched to exclusive provider deals. Alex Aldridge asks how much further the revolution is set to run
The last few years have seen the College of Law, BPP Law School and, to a lesser extent, Kaplan Law School jostle with each other to secure tie-ups with the top law firms. In the main, firms have been receptive to their advances, with the result being that the vast majority of UK top 20 law firms – and many top 50 firms and US firms with London offices – now have arrangements in place to send their future trainees to study the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice Course (LPC) exclusively with a certain course provider.
