If you think you've found the right employee for your business but are hesitant to hire her without knowing more, you might start a training or probationary period. This is a predetermined period of ...

Hill Dickinson has begun ringfencing some training contracts for its own paralegals. The firm’s plan is to a set aside at least two spaces per year for internal candidates who come through its ...

Judging by the phone calls received by the SRA since the start of the recession, there is anxiety among trainees about their contracts and some employers are unsure about their responsibilities. Let ...

Let me tell you why I’ve written this, and why you might want to read it. For over 20 years, I worked in the same law firm. It became – no thanks to me – one of the most successful law firms in the ...

In a rapidly changing legal services market, just how fit for purpose is the training contract in ensuring access to the profession is open and diverse and in preparing the next generation of lawyers?

Leading Yorkshire law firm Chadwick Lawrence has awarded training contracts to four candidates, as it continues to champion future legal talent from the local area. Christian Licerdale has been ...

Marine commandos are pictured on the assault course at the Royal Marines Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, U.K., in 2018. The British government awarded a new contract in December 2020 to ...