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NLJ this week: The star attraction of trainee initiative Project Rise

25 October 2024
Issue: 8091 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Career focus , Training & education , Education , Equality
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Launched in 2021, Project Rise is now in full swing at several firms and in-house departments, offering talented aspiring solicitors the opportunity to train part-time

In this week’s NLJ, Lizzie Hardy, associate, Eversheds Sutherland, highlights the value of this project. Initially designed by the Law Society’s Disabled Solicitors Network, the project also appeals to trainees who wish to work part-time for other reasons, such as caring responsibilities.

Firms and in-house teams commit to offering part-time training, but how they put that into practice is entirely flexible. Hardy says: ‘The firms who have signed up to the project report back on progress and success stories. One firm recently reported that 20% of training contract applicants stated they were interested in part-time training.’

Hardy writes that she is proud to work for a firm involved in Project Rise, and invites others to get in touch should they wish to find out more.

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Birketts—trainee cohort

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Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

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Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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