At a watershed moment in the Big Four’s protracted entrance into the UK legal market, KPMG’s head of legal remains bullish about making a big impact
A provocative 2017 Legal Business cover, featuring EY’s UK legal head Philip Goodstone, questioned: ‘Big Four, Big Threat?’ At the time it felt like a pressing question. These days it feels more rhetorical. Continue reading “‘Never say never’: KPMG legal chief Nick Roome on law firm buyouts and supercharging lateral recruitment”
Big Four giant Deloitte has teamed up with the University of Law (ULaw) to launch a work-based training contract for graduates to harness the incoming regime to replace traditional solicitor training routes.
Hailed as a pioneering move, the three-year course will be targeted at graduates, phasing out the need for the Legal Practice Course (LPC), making use of the incoming Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) regime, touted as a more flexible means of producing solicitors. Continue reading “Deloitte launches pioneering post-grad training contract as education shake-up looms”
