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• Two law firms named among Canada’s best diversity employers

  Feb 23 2012 A list of the best diversity employers in Canada has recognised two law firms – Stikeman Elliott and Fraser Milner Casgrain. Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for... more

• Non-lawyer appointed as CEO for US firm Pepper Hamilton

  Feb 08 2012 Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton has appointed a non-lawyer as its chief executive, hiring Scott Green, the former executive director of WilmerHale, to lead the... more

• Bar Professional Training Course applications rise as pupillages fall

  Jan 25 2012 Applications for the Bar Professional Training Course in the UK have risen to over 3000, despite the number of pupillary places falling to just 446 first six... more

• Eversheds launches integrated training program

  Dec 17 2011 Eversheds has announced the launch of a new "integrated training programme", under which trainees will complete the Legal Practice Course (LPC) during their trainee... more

• New generation of partners surveyed

  Nov 26 2011 The Am Law Daily has hosted a conference for new partners in large law firms. In order to prepare for the conference the publication conducted a survey of about 5,600... more

• Law schools encouraged to teach practical skills

  Nov 24 2011 In the current economic climate, law graduates face a tough job market and an increasing number of corporate clients that would really rather not pay for their... more

• 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

• Law firms add value to junior associates

  Aug 23 2011 Law firms are responding to Junior lawyers have long been a profit center for large law firms, charged out to clients at hundreds of dollars an hour. But with clients... more

• Young lawyers training programme kicks off at NLU Delhi

  Jun 27 2011 The Union Law Ministry has launched the Rajiv Gandhi Advocates Training Programme to train young advocates practicing in Magistrate and Munsif courts. Announcing... more

• Addleshaw Goddard shifts routine legal work away from associates

  Feb 08 2011 Addleshaw Goddard is the latest firm to announce that it will send low-level legal work to a transaction services centre. The firm’s stated aim is to free associates... more

• Chapter 13 Class Schedule for September 2010

  Sep 13 2010 Chapter 13 Class Schedule for September 2010 Enroll at http://www.mybankruptcyschool.com September 13 - Getting Started and Pre-Qualifying Debtors September 16 -... more

• Quality of life in law firms - rankings released

  Aug 12 2010 Vault has released the results of its Law Firm Quality of Life Rankings, based upon surveys of associates who were asked to report on “overall satisfaction,... more

• Clifford Chance offers training courses to Indian ally AZB

  Oct 13 2009 AZB & Partners, Clifford Chance’s Indian best friend, is sending four associates from from Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore for training at the magic circle firm’s European... more

• Howrey associates to earn $100K in new training program

  Jun 23 2009 US law firm Howrey announced a new two-year training program that will offer "meaningful training" for "select" first-year associates. Associates participating in... more

• Slaughters limits new training contracts to law graduates

  Mar 20 2009 Slaughter and May will be making fewer offers of training places to non-law graduates for upcoming periods. The number of training places it offers will, however,... more

• Ward Hadaway to cut 30 jobs, delay training contracts

  Sep 26 2008 UK firm Ward Hadaway will make up to 30 job redundancies, and has deferred the training contracts of two of its 12 trainees by a year, reports the Lawyer. more

• France's Gide launches graduate recruitment program in the City

  Jul 23 2008 French independent firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has launched its first graduate recruitment program in the UK. The firm, which has operated in London since 2003, expects... more

• English for Law and International Transactions

  Jul 07 2008 EFLIT teachers are academics, lawyers and professionals with international experience and qualification EFLIT courses are ideal for lawyers, accountants and counsels... more