The College of Law’s newly-launched ‘US JD-style’ course – which enables its graduates to sit the New York Bar exam – will doubtless hold an allure to the increasing numbers of law students completing their studies without training contracts or pupillages to go to.

“It means that if [our graduates] cannot secure one of the ever-decreasing training contract places or pupillages, they still have the option to take the New York Bar exam,” said CoL chief executive Nigel Savage as he unveiled the course last week.