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Dentons' NQ retention rates plunges to 14 per cent
Denton Wilde Sapte is shedding 86 per cent of its spring 2010 qualifiers giving it the lowest newly qualified (NQ) retention rate in the UK 200 so far.
Guide to the Inns of Court
All prospective barristers must join an Inn of Court before beginning the Bar Professional Training Course. Grays Inn, Lincoln’s Inn, Inner Temple and Middle Temple are open to all bar students to apply to in any area of legal practice.
The Legal Practice Course
The Legal Practice Course forms the vocational stage of your training to qualify as a solicitor. The compulsory year-long course is designed to equip you for practice.
Worst interview question you've ever been asked
What are the worst, funniest, most difficult interview questions you’ve ever been asked?
Legal brief: Cautious optimism
Those of you who’ve watched the news or picked up a paper this week should’ve noticed that the UK is officially out of recession.
So you want to be a lawyer?
Do you know what working as a lawyer actually involves? And are you sure of the steps you have to take to qualify as a solicitor or barrister?
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“Sometimes, from beyond the skyscrapers, the cry of a tugboat finds you in your insomnia, and you remember that this desert of iron and cement is an island.” Albert Camus
When I was on the hunt for a training contract I was only interested in applying to the big boys. For me it was the magic circle or nothing. In stark contrast my younger brother’s heart was set on specialising in sports law.