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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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