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Notes on a scandal
Thursday, 9 September 2010Law students have been here before. When I first started working on the Law Society Gazette in 1996, I went to Trainee Solicitors Group conferences where I would meet legal practice course graduates who had unsuccessfully applied for literally hundreds of training contracts.
Tags: bar professional training course, legal practice course, LPC
Posted in Blog
Revealed: Law Society considers aptitude test to reduce numbers on LPC
Thursday, 9 September 2010The Law Society is considering introducing an aptitude test for entry onto the legal practice course that will reduce student numbers, Legal Futures can reveal. Other initiatives being examined are a “warts and all” guide to qualification as a solicitor and incentives for firms to provide training contracts.
Tags: bar professional training course, Law Society, legal practice course
Posted in hrtraining, News, Solicitors
SRA to offer LPC exemptions for first time
Monday, 19 July 2010Plans to allow students to claim exemptions from the legal practice course (LPC) for the first time have been unveiled by the Solicitors Regulation Authority – although it will be for the LPC provider to decide whether to accept them.
Tags: legal practice course, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in News, Solicitors
Training reform gathers pace with all-in-one study and work, and accelerated LPC
Monday, 1 March 2010Changes to the structure of solicitors’ training are beginning to gain ground after two major announcements. Northumbria University Law School has joined forces with national law firm Irwin Mitchell to pilot the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s plans for work-based learning. Meanwhile, City giant Linklaters is to introduce an accelerated legal practice course, shortening the course from a year to just over seven months.
Tags: legal practice course, LPC, SRA, work-based learning
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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