Education & Training

Articles

Looking to the future of clinical legal education

University advice clinics can stimulate new opportunities for law graduates and help increase access to justice, write Vicky Kemp and Graham Smith

Why and how the SQE can work

The example of the qualified lawyers transfer scheme shows it is possible to create high-quality exams catering for large numbers of prospective solicitors, writes Eileen Fry

Interventionist thinking

Pro bono is no substitute for legal aid, but it might be time to accept it's the only option out there, writes John van der Luit-Drummond

Trainees must not be afraid to ask for help

Anyone who holds themselves out to be infallible is fallible for precisely that reason, writes Pippa Allsop

Law students tackle 'advice black hole' in West Midlands

More than 500 local residents helped with employment disputes

Justice First Fellows qualify as solicitors

Scheme a 'ray of light' following legal aid cuts

SRA receives more than 200 responses to second SQE proposals

Ongoing concerns over excessive emphasis on multiple choice assessment

Pro bono: Lawyers taking care

The SQE will cause turbulence in the education sphere, but it may also assist the public, writes Denise Farran