Whilst late nights come with the territory of City, and particularly US, law firms this does mean that ‘evenings and weekends can be ruined at very short notice’. Thankfully, this is usually ‘something you knowingly sign up for as a trainee’ and goes hand in hand with exposure to ...
Another drawback is that trainees feel ‘slightly underpaid because Birketts is expanding’, especially when ‘compared with other London law firms’. That there is ‘no official work-from-home policy’ is also an annoyance, although it was acknowledged that the firm is ‘flexible when needed’...
We have collaborated with BPP Law School and 5 other global law firms (the City Consortium) to create the City Consortium Solicitor Training Programme (‘CCP’). The CCP is a 12-month course which includes SQE1 and SQE2 preparation as well the bespoke Plus Programme which focuses on key ar...
You can apply to complete our training contract, as a trainee solicitor, if you are currently studying towards, or have completed, the Legal Practice Course (LPC). If you have not yet commenced the LPC, you can become a trainee solicitor by following ourgraduate solicitor apprenticeshippathway ...
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对于大部分大陆法本而希望尝试境外法律工作的同学来说,通过美国JD进big law的路径已经非常成熟,而通过英国LLM或PGDL找training contract (TC) 的路径则仍属小众,在许多人眼中,无工作经验的陆本英硕就意味着毕业回国。然而根据我的个人观察,对于小本而言,英国LLM留下的几率反而比美澳港新的LLM更大(欧洲的情况不清楚)...
with their legal qualifications. Law graduates often exceed the number of available spaces, creating a very real problem for people who are not at the top of their class. Firms generally have their pick of the best students, with competition being especially fierce for highly reputable firms. ...
since 2014, it has used the term “recognized training period” and, since its consultation on the EQAS, the SRA has used the term “qualifying work experience”. However, law firms and the SRA have confirmed that even after the introduction of SQE, the term “training contract” will be ...
The change has offered me the opportunity to undertake my training contract in a unique part of the country that few other firms could offer – who wouldn’t want to finish a day’s work and be able to go to the beach afterward?
The article says that with increasing number of training contract applicants, graduate recruitment teams for law firms in Great Britain are looking for innovative ways to select eligible candidates. It says that Withers LLP ...