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• UK lawyers push to do away with training contracts

  Nov 23 2011 As US law firms grapple with the question of how to train lawyers when companies refuse to be billed by inexperienced associates, the profession in the UK is... more

• Chicago-based firm discovers that one if its associates is unlicensed

  Jul 12 2011 Chicago-based multinational law firm Clausen Miller has discovered that one of its own ranks was not in fact a qualified attorney. Associate Mark Pastuszak worked in... more

• China to allow Taiwanese law firms greater access to mainland

  Apr 28 2011 China has announced that it will allow Taiwanese law firms greater access to the mainland, under an economic cooperation framework agreement. The Chinese authorities... more

• SRA bans aptitide test for admission to Legal Practice Course

  Feb 06 2011 After completing the Legal Practice Course (‘LPC’), law graduates are qualified for admission as a solicitor. There is some concern, however, that some students who... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna leaves a third of its London trainees without a job

  Nov 29 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna has has announced that only 19 of the 30 trainees in its London base will be offered an NQ role with the firm. Of these 19 jobs, three are offered... more

• Seven Weil Gotshal associates discover they are not qualified

  Aug 30 2010 A number of Weil, Gotshal & Manges associates have made the rather embarrassing realisation that by failing to complete the Professional Skills Course they have never... more