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Slaughters in early closure of non-law applications

26 March 2009 | By Husnara Begum

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Slaughter and May has closed training contract applications to non-law students earlier than usual, while those studying law still have time to apply for a place on the 2011-12 intake.

Slaughter and May has closed training contract applications to non-law students earlier than usual, while those studying law still have time to apply for a place on the 2011-12 intake.

The City law firm has confirmed that the number of trainees it is planning to recruit for 2011-12 will remain unchanged at approximately 95.

However, Slaughters has conceded that it has been forced to close applications from non-law students early.

The firm’s executive partner Graham White said: “We’ve decided to close applications from non-law students for 2011 for the moment. This is slightly earlier than in previous years. We thought it wasn’t fair to drag people through interviews knowing we wouldn’t be able to make offers.”

Under Solicitors Regulation Authority rules law firms are not permitted to offer penultimate-year law students training contracts until 1 September.

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  • Anonymous | 25-Mar-2009 1:06 pm

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    makes me laugh to read all the Herbie self congrats as being the best litigators in Town! All this demonstrates is how the city big boys with hugely rich clients using vastly overpriced counsel are able to impress judges. what this has to do with litigation as conducted by most of the profession?

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  • Anonymous | 25-Mar-2009 1:19 pm

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    I entirely agree, Anonymous. It is hardly unreasonable to expect journalists writing for an organ that focuses on legal practice to have a scintilla of knowledge of how the legal professions are organised. It's not that difficult. However, we are talking here about a reporter who, in her report about the Buncefield judgment, referred to "Ted Greeno and Caroline Kehoe [of Herbert Smith LLP] argu[ing] through Jonathan Sumption" that Total was solely responsible for the damage caused by the explosion in December 2005. Fine lawyers though they both will be, I am willing to wager that Mr Sumption was not a mere cipher when presenting Chevron's case at trial. Assuming that "her" report was not merely a cut and paste of the Herbies press release (in which case, they are probably still laughing in Primrose Street), it simply shows she hasn't a clue as to how the Bar (especially someone as extraordinary as Sumption) operates. But then what does one expect from the legal comics?

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  • Anonymous | 25-Mar-2009 1:19 pm

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    having noted that Field Grieb is apparently a recent start-up in Kent why is it that it is apparently missing from the Law Society law firms' database to find a solicitor? Or can we take it that the Law Society is a little behind with the backlog of new start-ups due to credit crunch redundancies etc.

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  • Anonymous | 25-Mar-2009 1:25 pm

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    I can beat that! I recently took on a young Itialian chap as my partner so increasing the size of my partnership by 100%. The ball is in your court Trowers!

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