The Legal 500 Future Lawyers News
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BPP University Law School adopts AI to help train future lawyers
Artificial intelligence is set to play an important role in legal education, as BPP University Law School unveils a new AI-powered learning platform to help prepare tomorrow’s lawyers for success …
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Coronavirus Vac Scheme Update – Skadden
As the lockdown continues in the UK, the legal industry has started to make changes to the way it continues its recruitment process, whether this is through delaying vac schemes …
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BARBRI Altior ensures legal trainees can fully qualify for their PSC entirely online
BARBRI Altior to deliver FBS exam online with SRA approval Trainee solicitors can fully qualify for their PSC digitally for the first time Training provider continues to enhance its Live …
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BARBRI Altior offers full PSC legal training online
BARBRI Altior launches Advocacy & Communications Skills online for the first time. ·     Now trainees will be able to complete the PSC training digitally ·      Launch supported by the Solicitors …
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NRF asks staff to cut working hours by a fifth and defers partner pay in re-introduction of financial crisis-era flexi scheme
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)Â is asking its staff to agree to a 20% cut of weekly working hours and delaying profit distribution to partners in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The …
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Covid 19 Vacation Scheme Round Up – Update
Continuing on from last week’s round up, the situation has continued to escalate and the shock to the legal market caused by the pandemic has become more acute. Law firms …
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SRA update on LPC assessment – continuing impact of Covid-19
The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) has announced changes to its rules on testing requirements for the Legal Practice Course (LPC) to reflect the government and NHS guidelines on coronavirus COVID-19 …
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Covid-19 Vacation Scheme Round-Up
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold, the impact on solicitor legal training has started to take shape. A growing number of firms are postponing their vacation schemes, open days …
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Coronavirus update: The Legal 500 pushes back research schedule to ease pressure on clients and firms
The Legal 500Â is pushing back its research schedule in response to the coronavirus pandemic, suspending all client contact for the next four weeks. At a time when law firms and …
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Freshfields and Slaughters drafted as Government reveals details of Covid-19 business support package
The UK Treasury and Bank of England (BoE) have called in their go-to counsel Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as they iron out details of the multibillion-pound support …
