Following my recent post about law firms getting people to work for them for free, I was made aware of an even more sinister practice that is going on. It appears that some firms are actually asking individuals to pay to get legal work experience with them. In one instance, reported on one of the [...]
The Law Society’s Junior Lawyer Division says it has received various reports of junior lawyers being asked to work for free. It recently conducted a poll asking whether people thought it was fair to ask job candidates to work a trial period for free. The majority of people thought it was unfair although there were [...]
