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In conversation: Rawlinson on recruitment, Savage on LPC fees

Posted 7/03/2008 by Mike Semple Piggot

Today I spoke to Mark Rawlinson, a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. Mark has been a partner for 17 years and specialises in M&A, particularly competitive or contested situations.

Mark recently wrote an entry on Legal Village called “Putting the ‘Angel stamp’ back into Freshfields’ trainee recruitment”. Shortly before Christmas, he was asked to become Freshfields' lead training and recruitment partner. He expects to spend something like 500 hours on Training and Recruitment during 2008.

We discuss the Freshfields interview panel, how it works, the firm's interview process and lots more. You can listen to our conversation here.

This week I also spoke to Nigel Savage, chief executive of the College of Law, about the rising costs of legal education on the LPC and BVC. In Legal Week this week there is a story about BPP Law School hiking its fees for the LPC by a ‘whopping’ 10% - despite already being the most expensive postgraduate law school in London.

I have invited Peter Crisp, chief executive of BPP Law Schoool, to do a podcast. As yet he has not been able to return my call. Nigel has characteristically robust views about legal education and comments on the rise of 5% applied by the College of Law, contrasting it with the 10% rise by BPP.

Click here to listen to Nigel's views.

Mike Semple Piggot is the editor of legal website Consilio.