Originally Posted by Unregistered

Slaughter and May has terminated the training contracts of two trainees for failing modules on the Legal Practice Course (LPC).

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the elite magic circle player takes a tough stance on the academics of its 80 or so annual rookies, who study an accelerated version of the LPC at BPP Law School. “Our trainees are required to pass all the modules of the LPC at the first attempt,” a spokesperson for Slaughter and May tells us.

Legal blog RollOnFriday has now reported that two future trainees at Slaughter and May have had their training contract offers metaphorically torn up after failing to complete the course at the first time of asking.