We don’t need no education: Kaplan Law School to close in 2016 Legal Business After having seen several clients turn to other legal practice course providers, Kaplan Law School has announced that it is…
University of Law brings in Lord Grabiner as president following chief exec’s departure Kathryn McCann In its reshuffle of senior management, The University of Law (ULaw) has appointed Lord Grabiner QC (pictured) as president after…
ULaw’s chief exec departs as university woos students with job guarantee Legal Business The University of Law’s (ULaw) chief executive John Latham has left the institution by ‘mutual consent’ after having lost several…
University of Law loses another client as Bakers opts for arch-rival BPP Michael West The University of Law (ULaw) has lost another law firm’s business to rival BPP with Baker & McKenzie becoming the…
Having lost two Magic Circle clients, University of Law sold to GUS less than three years after purchase Legal Business Europe’s largest law school The University of Law (ULaw) has been sold by Montagu Private Equity to Global University Systems…
Mayer Brown teams up with ULaw to launch first ‘direct to solicitor’ apprenticeship Legal Business Mayer Brown has announced that it will be the first City law firm to offer the University of Law’s (ULaw)…
Deregulating education: BSB proposes to put barristers in charge of pupillage Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today (20 February) announced in a new report that chambers and employers are best…
A broad education: Linklaters renews ULaw partnership with increased focus on business Legal Business After losing two Magic Circle firms as clients, the University of Law has managed to retain Linklaters with the duo announcing a…
Routes into law: Queen Mary teams up with Reed Smith on ‘degree with apprenticeship in law’ Legal Business US law firm Reed Smith and Queen Mary University in London have created the first degree with an apprenticeship in…
Clifford Chance drops University of Law for arch-rival BPP Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has turned to BPP Law School as its new training provider in a blow to the University…
Guest post: Law schools kickstart the greed process – the damage of using money to motivate lawyers Legal Business One of the interesting sub-plots of the Big Law vs New Law debate is the way in which workers (partners…
Clydes, Kennedys and Auntie Beeb latest to back legal apprenticeship drive Legal Business Today (7 March) marks the end of the 7th National Apprenticeship Week, an initiative coordinated by the National Apprenticeship Service,…
Remaking legal education – after 18 years at Europe’s largest law school, Savage confirms retirement Sarah Downey In a career spanning dead-end jobs and the upper echelons of the global legal market, Nigel Savage, the man who…
Commercially minded: Allen & Overy chooses BPP for business-focused LPC David Stevenson In what constitutes a major overhaul of its training programme, Allen & Overy (A&O) has announced today (16 December) that…
Price of good education: University of Law unveils first financial results since PE buyout Sarah Downey The University of Law has recorded a net profit of over £14m in its latest financial results, just a year…
Training for tomorrow – SRA outlines outcomes-focused approach to legal education Legal Business ‘While the current education and training system has served us well, technology, changing consumer demands and the regulatory system itself…
BPP awarded university status after ‘rigorous’ review Legal Business LPC provider follows arch rival to win university status It has been a long time coming, but in August BPP…
LETR of the day: education review opts for mum ‘n’ apple pie over radical change Legal Business Sarah Downey assesses the much-touted review of legal education It promised so much and delivered so little. The Legal Education…
We’ll take that: BPP’s university status welcome news amidst challenging times for education providers Sarah Downey With the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) having just last month thrown down some spiky if not unexpected challenges to…
Guest Post: Legal education review – why everyone is happy and no one is smiling Legal Business So the first round of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) is complete. Julian Webb et al’s report is…
