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The Accutrainee Scholarship: Take Action, Make A Difference
8 years of removing barriers At Accutrainee, diversity has never been an initiative or something we do alongside our core business. Diversity IS our business. In 2012 when we created our model, a training solution to remove existing barriers and…Read More
2021 – the year of the SQE. For better or for worse?
SQE in a nutshell As many in the legal industry are aware, next year sees the arrival of the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). The SRA will introduce a common assessment for all aspiring solicitors to ensure consistency of standards…Read More
Episode 1: The search for the 21st Century Lawyer
In the first episode of Accutrainee’s Conversations in Law podcast, Hobz De Caux talks with their Director of Operations, Kevin O’Shea, about what it means to be a lawyer in the 21st Century. This discussion raises interesting points concerning how…Read More
Here’s what we’ve been up to!
In the last newsletter I discussed our approach to training and development which is paramount to developing lawyers that can meet the business and social demands of the 21st Century. This type of forward planning and innovative thinking is very…Read More
The 21st Century Lawyer
August has been a productive month for Accutrainee; we saw a significant increase in demand for trainee and paralegal requests, as well as developing new partnerships with several new clients, ultimately offering even more opportunities to our aspiring lawyers. While…Read More
SQE, what, where, when and why?
SQE Background In June 2020, the SRA Board agreed on the final structure of the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) concluding a nine-year review of solicitor training. It also confirmed that the Covid-19 crisis will not delay its introduction in…Read More
The world of work has changed… not so much!
Much of what I have read in the last few weeks suggests seismic changes to working practices post pandemic. It is something that concerns me because it has the potential to be particularly impactful for our Trainees and their ongoing…Read More
How the world has changed in 30 days
Even though we knew it was coming, the shock of the last 30 days has had a considerable impact on us personally and professionally. I am sick of reading about coronavirus in the papers; but the very fact that I…Read More
A message from our Operations Director
I am very pleased to have been given the opportunity by Susan to join the team at Accutrainee as the new Operations Director and I am very much looking forward to getting to know Accutrainee’s clients over the coming months.…Read More
Flexible Working – What is it good for?
Is it time for employers to embrace flexible working? By Susan Cooper, Accutrainee Founder Earlier this year, I was on a panel at the Law Society’s Gender Equality in Law symposium to discuss how flexible working can attract and retain talent. Listening…Read More
Do Diversity & Inclusion make good commercial sense?
Question: What is the business case for ensuring that organisations are diverse and inclusive? Answer: Institutions from all sectors, whether they are corporates, law firms or financial institutions, to name a few, have developed diversity and inclusion policies in response…Read More
Accutrainee Update
Accutrainee – flexible junior resourcing for the legal profession Why are we seeing more in-house training contracts? By Susan Cooper, Accutrainee Founder When I was applying for my trainee contract, I took the same well-trodden path as everyone else at that…Read More
Why are we seeing more in-house training contracts?
When I was applying for my trainee contract, I took the same well-trodden path as everyone else at that time. That tide has turned… By Susan Cooper, Accutrainee Founder Today, an increasing number of trainees want to train and work…Read More
Data protection and Brexit – is it time for businesses to panic?
What steps should UK businesses take to ensure compliance with data protection regulations post-Brexit? The UK’s as-yet unresolved terms by which it will leave the European Union (EU) have sent the legal community into something of a spin as the…Read More
Accutrainee Almahdi Coker shares his thoughts as part of Black History Month
When I initially announced my intention to pursue a career in law, friends of the family who had legal experience left me with no illusion as to how difficult it might be, although this was more to do with the…Read More
Training Contract: more than just learning the law
Accutrainee has given me the opportunity to gain a wide variety of invaluable skills through a bespoke Training Contract tailored to my interests and needs. Accutrainee’s truly unique approach has allowed me to experience not only different types of law…Read More
How Accutrainee seconded me back to my own firm to help me qualify
I had already been working in a top-tier investment bank for a number of years and was fortunate enough to be sponsored through both the GDL and LPC part-time. It had been planned that I would complete my training contract…Read More
Accutrainee Update
I am excited to welcome you to Accutrainee’s first newsletter. Accutrainee offers a unique trainee resource solution by employing trainee solicitors and sending them on secondments to clients. Find out more about what we do, our candidates and latest developments…Read More
Flexible Legal Resourcing – Client FAQs
Do you need additional resourcing for your legal team? Here are some of our client FAQs. Please call us on 020 7040 0973 if you have any further questions. (more…)Read More
My First Seat
Earlier this year I completed my first seat with the London office of an American firm. The London office specialises in trade finance and insurance litigation employing some of the leading practitioners in these fields. One of the greatest advantages…Read More
Accutrainee Questions and Answers
Listen to one of our recent trainees talk about his experiences as an Accutrainee Trainee, his training contract and some helpful tips!Read More
My First Trainee Secondment
Before starting my first trainee secondment in July this year, I had already researched the client and met my future boss. However, not knowing exactly what was to come on my first secondment to a client still proved a little…Read More
Day One to Qualification – My In-House Training Contract
1 November 2015: the first day of my training contract. Now, almost two years later, I am approaching qualification and the (at one point fairly distant) dream of being able to say, “I am a solicitor!” is finally within reach.…Read More
10 Tips for a perfect training contract application
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The advantages of training with Accutrainee
How does the Accutrainee selection process compare to a traditional law firm selection process? The application process was straightforward and quick compared to many traditional law firms. If successful at application stage, you are invited to attend an HR interview with…Read More
My Training Contract Journey
Author: Charles Laporte-Bisquit (Qualified Solicitor via Accutrainee) As you embark on what could be a two-year journey of gainful employment in a law firm or company, my main advice to those reading this blog entry is to obtain as wide…Read More
Cass Alumna Wins Prestigious “The Lawyer” Award
Congratulations to CEO and founder of Accutrainee and Cass alumna Susan Cooper (EMBA 2010) on winning “Most Innovative Collaboration with In-House Legal Teams” at The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards 2015. Accutrainee bridges the gap between graduates, the provision of training…Read More
Growing from Within
How thinking differently about recruitment can help in-house legal teams meet their biggest challenge… The challenges facing in-house legal teams are well-documented. An economic and regulatory environment-induced pressure to manage increasing workload, while containing or in many cases reducing resources.…Read More
LBC Wise Counsel/LexisNexis Grow your own – 10 advantages of trainee solicitors in an in-house legal team
In this article Paul Gilbert, Chief Executive of LBC Wise Counsel, explores the opportunity for in-house teams to recruit and manage trainee solicitors as part of the mix of resources within the in-house team. In 1999 I was General Counsel…Read More
Agency heralds revolutionary approach to solicitors training contracts
Fans say the scheme offers better value for law firms, without sacrificing quality for prospective young lawyers. Solicitors’ training contracts are viewed by many as arcane as the days when they were known as articles of clerkship — but a…Read More
Legal Business: In-house analysis “Lessons Learned”
While the in-house profession has come of age, the number of home-grown trainees remains tiny. Legal Business assesses whether in-house teams should lessen their reliance on law firm-schooled staff. Despite talk of radical changes to legal education and burgeoning in-house…Read More
Lawyer2B: Accutrainee secures first training contract recruit
Accutrainee has agreed its first training contract for an aspiring lawyer, at an undisclosed Top 20 law firm. Flora Hussey is the first trainee to be recruited by Accutrainee and began her training contract this summer at London-based New Quadrant…Read More
Law Society Gazette: Accutrainee welcomes first recruit
A groundbreaking scheme that finds trainees and seconds them to law firms on a temporary basis has welcomed its first recruit. Flora Hussey has become the first trainee to sign up to Accutrainee since it was launched last September. Trainees…Read More
Lawyer2B: Accutrainees first qualifiers land NQ jobs
The first two people to go through the Accutrainee program have landed newly qualified jobs with firms they were placed with. Flora Hussey has taken up an associate role at London private client boutique New Quadrant Partners, while Simon Latham…Read More
The Lawyer: Fledgling training model off to a flying start
More than 400 aspiring lawyers have signed up to the radical new training model Accutrainee since its launch in September 2011. To date the revolutionary training business has had four organisations commit to the programme, which incorporates a combination of…Read More
Guardian: Can a cut-price traineeship ever be a good deal for a wannabe lawyer?
For the lucky ones who get jobs with the top firms, the life of a rookie lawyer is a charmed one. Not only do the likes of Allen & Overy – where Prince Harry’s ex, Chelsy Davy, began work as…Read More
Legal Futures: Founder of novel trainee secondment business defends model from critics
The lawyer behind a new outsourcing venture that recruits trainee solicitors and then seconds them to law firms and in-house legal departments to do their training contracts has been defending the model from a volley of instant criticism. READ FULL…Read More
Times online: New scheme to offer outsourced trainee lawyers
Medium and small firms struggling to provide training contacts will soon be able to recruit trainees under a revolutionary new trainee-solicitor agency scheme. The scheme is launched today by Acculaw and is the first to be authorised by the Solicitors…Read More
Law Gazette: New solicitor training model could shake up the City
A groundbreaking solicitor training model has launched this week, targeting City law firms and in-house legal departments. The first non-legal service provider to be authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to take on trainees, Acculaw claims it will cut costs…Read More
