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In 2014, Legal Cheek conducted the first ever interview [9] with Judge Rinder, the barrister who would go on to find fame on Strictly Come Dancing. Legal Cheek has been cited in UK media, including the BBC , [ 10 ] The Independent [ 11 ] and The Telegraph .
In August 2018, the SRA announced that Kaplan had been granted the contract to develop and run the exam for eight years. [10] The SQE will be a two-part national assessment, SQE1 costing £1,558 and SQE2 costing £2,422, and will come into force from 1 September 2021, subject to approval from the Legal Services Board (LSB). [11] [12] [13]
In 2019, the firm became the first non-US law firm to raise the salaries of newly qualified junior lawyers in the United Kingdom to £100,000, [25] [26] then £125,000 in 2022 [27] and £150,000 in 2024. [28] In September 2020, Freshfields announced Georgia Dawson as its new senior partner after time leading the firm's Asia operations.
In 2016, law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore beat the "Simpson salary scale" for the first time in nearly a decade with a 12.5% increase in associate base salary, a move that was promptly matched by Simpson Thacher and other large law firms. As of March 2, 2022, the base salary for first-year Simpson Thacher associates begins at $215,000. [32]
Blogs about law.. Often referred to as "blawgs," legal blogs come in many formats and may contain explanations of the law, news stories that pertain to the practice of law or law schools, or humorous stories regarding attorneys' experiences while practicing law.
A pupillage is the final stage of training to be a barrister and usually lasts one year; in England and Wales the period is made up of two six-month periods (known as "sixes"). The first of these is the non-practising six, during which pupils shadow their pupil supervisor, and the second will be a practising six, when pupils can undertake to ...
Quite a few deferred their exams or dropped out altogether, leaving 7,759 to take the exam; 5,824 of those passed the exams that year (75% of those who entered), just over the number of training contracts on offer (5,809). [3] Training contracts with big firms tend to start recruitment 2 years in advance i.e. 2 years before completion of the LPC.
In January 2022 a reverse mentoring scheme was launched by BPP where law students review law firms on diversity and inclusion. [30] BPP Law School made training deals in February 2022 to provide SQE training to Dentons, Cripps and Walker Morris trainees. [31] BPP was partnered with the O Shaped Lawyer for the SQE preparation courses. [32]