My name is Colin Hornby. I’ve recently passed the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) – SQE1 and SQE2. I’m now a consultant solicitor at national firm Taylor Rose MW.

The three regulators who were the prime movers behind the Legal Education and Training Review have dismissed the suggestion of setting up a formal Legal Education Council, instead preferring to refer to their commitment to "greater collaboration".

The College of Legal Practice has announced the cost of its Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses, which are designed to be more affordable, flexible and accessible than the old route to qualification.   

Legal education provider The College of Legal Practice has partnered with leading Midlands law firm Wright Hassall LLP to enable all employees from all parts of the firm to train and qualify as solicitors via the Solicitors Qualifying Exam.

The College of Legal Practice (the College) has been accepted onto the national Apprenticeship Provider and Assessment Register, meaning organisations can now use the College to train their graduate solicitor apprentices. 

Oxford Brookes School of Law and The College of Legal Practice have joined forces to offer the law school’s students discounted access to Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses, as well as appropriate guidance and information on the new route to qualifying.

The College of Legal Practice has announced an “innovative” conversion course – a Graduate Foundation in Law programme – designed for non-law graduates who are taking the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) route to qualification. 

Norton Rose Fulbright stood out among the submissions for its well-embedded programmes that have made tangible differences to the firm’s recruitment statistics and the way it supports its trainees and employees.

‘Commercial awareness’ is a term you’ve probably heard thrown around a lot by law firm recruiters.

How is commercial awareness from a regulatory perspective applicable to acquisitions?

In his latest commercial awareness case study, LCN's Matt Broadbent looks at some of the latest developments in the UK's arts and culture sector that aspiring lawyers should know about. 

Matt discusses how economic actions have unexpected consequences – here we look at how Donald Trump's sabre rattling over steel and automotive trade with China has resulted in soybean farmers in the Midwest losing their farms.

In this commercial awareness case study, Matt Broadbent shows how a little blue pill can help you understand how the pharmaceuticals industry works. 

What does commercial awareness really mean to your clients and to your supervising partner?

The phrase “despite the impact of covid-19” embodies the overarching theme for M&A deals in 2021 for large international law firms. There has been a complete turnaround where deals, and especially megadeals, are de facto doing better than during pre-covid time. Deals are at a 10 year high in the first quarter of 2021 in the US. 

Subsequent to the Internet 2.0 with the rise of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, the new revivification of the Internet will be the emergence of the Internet of Value.