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LEGAL PATHWAYS

08 November 2007
Issue: 7296 / Categories: Legal News , Training & education , Profession
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In brief

A £2m initiative to attract fresh talent to the legal profession has been launched by the College of Law and Sutton Trust. Five law firms—Allen and Overy, DLA Piper, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Lovells—have already committed both time and money (£350,000 over the next five years) to the Pathways to Law initiative. The scheme is targeting students interested in law from state schools and non professional backgrounds who will be the first in their family to go to university. Participating law firms will provide work experience placements to the 250 students who enter the programme each year. 

Issue: 7296 / Categories: Legal News , Training & education , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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