As your local JLD group our role is to facilitate the interaction of trainees in the local area. By organising various events, both social and career oriented, our aim is to provide trainees with a network of friends and future business contacts.The JLD is all about its community and their needs. To enable us to better represent you, we want to hear from you.
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Your JLD is a valuable link for trainees from smaller firms to meet and get to know other trainees and often provides a useful point of reference for the dissemination of legal information and experiences.
News
Trainee Solicitor Forum - 4 February 2012
The Junior Lawyers Division is holding a one day free skills event for trainee solicitors and those due to commence a training contract in 2012 at the College of Law in Birmingham from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 4th February 2012. The purpose of the forum is to equip trainees with the skills necessary to help them during their training period through to qualification.
The event is free but registration is essential as places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. The deadline for booking is 25 January 2012.
For more information and to register please visit http://juniorlawyers.lawsociety.org.uk/node/12732
Research assistant vacancies
The Law Commission is a leading law reform body and is looking to recruit around 15 high quality law graduates to work as research assistants on a variety of law reform projects.
The application deadline is 31 January 2012. This is a prestigious post and valued by future employers of lawyers. There is considerable competition for appointments and the standard is high.
These posts are especially attractive to those who would like to spend a period working in a legal research environment between their university studies and the Legal Practice Course or Bar Professional Training Course, or between the academic stage of their professional education and a training contract or pupillage.
Read more about the position here.
Eversheds launch 2 year LPC inclusive training contract
Eversheds are piloting a training contract that will allow students to enter the profession one year earlier. The two year contract will include a part-time LPC and the PSC.
For the unique scheme to run the SRA has had to waive two key policies for the first time. It will allow Eversheds to run a training contract in conjunction with part-time study over two years instead of the normal three and will also let trainees undertake the Professional Skills Course before full completion of the LPC.
Skills for Justice joins profession to set up paralegal apprenticeship framework
Skills for Justice has teamed up with members of the legal profession to build a formal paralegal apprenticeship framework in a bid to boost opportunities across the legal profession.
The plan is being worked out by the charity, law firms, the Law Society and the Legal Services Board to help create a structured apprenticeship programme for the legal services sector. The full story is available here.
