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lundi 15 novembre 2010

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According to research from recruitment consultants Laurence Simons, the proportion of magic circle partners aged under 39 who were educated at public schools rose from  59 per cent to 71 per cent between 1988 and 2004.The study highlights several reasons behind the growing elitism of the legal profession, including the unwillingness of firms to consider applications from non-graduates and the concentration of jobs in London and the South East. It claims the biggest driver is the demise of grammar schools and the “prolonged decline in academic standards in the state sector”.
Laurence Simons director Jason Horobin said: “The figures paint a disturbingly regressive picture of the opportunities open to those wishing to get into law.  Social exclusivity is rife in the industry.
“The fact that 15 per cent of people in the sector attended one of just 250 of the nation’s most exclusive schools shows this is a real policy blind spot – a lot’s been done to address the under-representation of women and ethnic minority groups and we’re at least on the way to tackling those issues. 
“But the under-representation of those who can’t afford a silver-plated education is getting worse, not better.”
Horobin also blames states schools’ lack of focus on soft skills such as leadership and teamwork, as well as extra-curricular activities and careers advice.
Horobin added: “This doesn’t appear to be a case of wanton snobbery on behalf of legal employers - in many ways Britain’s blue-chip legal employers are simply reacting to the decline of state education. The overwhelming conclusion must be that if your children aspire to a successful legal career and you are choosing them a school, it pays to pay.”
Laurence Simons analysed the profiles of 49,600 lawyers on the business-networking website LinkedIn, which revealed a total of 7,200 had attended public school.
Earlier this month The Lawyer reported that Addleshaw Goddard had begun collecting information on the social background of graduate applicants (8 November 2010). Herbert Smith has also has begun asking graduates whether they were educated in the private or state system

34 commentaires:

  1. I love your site. Truly informative. Every time.

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  2. good post, they should rise up those academic standards, every moron can get a diploma nowdays.

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  3. great post! thanks for sharing :)

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  4. I really hate how nowadays you can't get a good job without a degree because of all this specialization thing. What's even worse is that schools are getting more expensive and don't actually need 4-6 years to complete since it wastes SO much time.

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  5. very nice post. law is kinda complicated to me

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  6. yeah i agree with that,
    will check back tomorrow :D

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  7. Oh, lame. I read through that thinking you were talking about magicians. Then i realized you were talking about lawyers and I got bummed out. i really wanted to know why more magicians were getting an education now than in the past :(

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  8. Very interesting post, I had no idea this was true, makes me want to know more about it!! Thanks for posting!

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  9. Lawyers must be so thankful that it is the bankers that have gained the bad publicity recently.

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  10. i agree :) that was an interesting post. thanks

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  11. your private/public education system is waaaay different from mine...(brazilian crappy one)

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  12. what a crazy story! like your blog, bookmarked!

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  13. Abolition of the grammar school system was the most illiberal act in British politics pre-Blair.
    (Another winner brought to you by the Labour Party.)

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  14. Nothing to do with Labour wrecking the Grammar School system of course.

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  15. this was actually kinda interesting

    nice post

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  16. i never would have guessed! these percentages are much higher than i would have expected...

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