Jackie Panter

Associate Head of Manchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan University

Degree apprenticeships: bridging the legal sector skills gap

Apprenticeships have provided an effective way to meet the needs of the non-lawyer staff base in the delivery of legal services, says Jacqueline Panter

Small but growing: why more firms might take on solicitor apprentices

Once uncertainties about the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination are finally lifted and a clear path is set, solicitor apprenticeships could become a lot more attractive to both law firms and prospective solicitors, says Jackie Panter

Dawn of a new retention rate?

North West firms' take-up of apprenticeships shows an appetite for change in legal education, writes Jackie Panter

Proactive law schools will reassess their LLB

More so than ever, the undergraduate law degree does not determine what career path its students will take, explains Jackie Panter

Growing your own talent

Growing in-house talent takes long-term planning and investment, ?says Jackie Panter, associate head of law at Manchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan University

The effect of deregulation on students and trainees

SRA's proposed changes to its education and training regulations further illustrate the shift in its role, says Jackie Panter

Who should be responsible for developing management skills in lawyers?

By Jackie Panter, Associate Head of Law, Manchester Law School

Jackie Panter

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