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Alex Aldridge made a selection of personalities from the legal world of his thoughts on next year

Nichola Higgins, Chairman of the Committee Young Lawyers

"Next year there will be another alarming for the youth of the bar of public funding, clinging to the promise of Quality Assurance Plan for the defenders, keeping an eye on the imminent threat of contract in 2013.

"The number of students funded pupillage and will decrease, and a growing number of young tenants looking to diversify or move to other areas of work altogether.

"2012 will see a boom in the work of public access. If changes in the field of legal aid is applied, and many members of the public will benefit from the advice of a weak cost, high quality legal under the junior bar. work similarly, bar private funding will also increase your shortcut. This is where the private and business customers looking for fast delivery advice Legal at competitive prices. "

Mike Schwarz, a partner specializing in criminal defense civil rights firm Bindman

"Two themes dominate the thoughts professional criminal" in 2012. Funding and police while the sword of Damocles (the best value procurement to block legal aid) was delayed for a year or two, cutting salami public funding has not decreased.

"police remain in the spotlight, thanks to protests police liberal growth, greater exposure of spies, police corruption in the tabloids, and in general, the politicization forces Police through the election of local commissioners. "

David Carter, graduate recruitment partner at law firm Ashurst City

means "In the last quarter of this year increased pessimism among professionals. The slowdown in the markets in general, continue in the first half of 2012 and the transactional work is fragmentary. What in the world of college recruiting? Waiting time 18-24 months to recruit graduates means that the number of apprentices will be broadly stable throughout the next year.

"For the future, however, I hope that all businesses in the city to examine the future needs of students which will result in a limited number of places available in all practice areas practice, not all gloom, however .. I wish more companies come to market in rapid growth in Asia and international commitments and investments made in the decision of trainees that can be used as a resource in the Far East , India and the UAE. "

chat pond, students practice legal tender at the Faculty of Law and founding partner of legalcheek.com "The biggest concern is the possibility that the contract of training places will be reduced There are also concerns about the tendency of law firms' increase in the work of paralegals outsourcing -. One way to students who graduate from the LPC without a training contract to gain experience and a foot in the door of the profession.

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