Should you use AI in your applications to HFW? How’s the firm adopting the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and what kind of work can you expect to experience on the vacation scheme? All of this and more is covered by HFW’s early careers manager Lucie Rees in this Meet the Recruiter profile.  

City firm HFW has announced a new gender equality strategy, vowing that at least 40% of senior lateral hires over the next three years will go to women, after missing its 2020 gender targets.

The High Court has launched a new initiative to improve the diversity of its judges by supporting and mentoring people from "non-traditional backgrounds".

Despite ruling that the government failed to meet all of its public sector equality duties with regards to its tuition fee policy, the High Court has rejected a judicial review bid claiming that the fee hikes represent a breach of students' human rights.

The High Court has ruled that only parliament has the power to trigger the Brexit process in a setback for the government, which is fighting for the power to begin Brexit without having to ask MPs for approval through a vote. 

In what is thought to be a first in the United Kingdom, a High Court claim has been served via Facebook.

Nearly 70% of legal professionals have experienced mental ill-health and 22% have experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination at work, according to LawCare’s recent survey.

What has been the response of insurers to the threat of terrorism?

Thousands of high street and sole practitioner firms are likely to close within six months due to the covid-19 crisis, according to new Law Society research.

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The Bar Council has this week hosted the second Bar Placement Week in Leeds and Manchester, following the scheme’s success in 2014.

The ability of international firms with UK offices to recruit from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) is crucial if London is to remain a leading global centre for legal services, the Law Society has told the independent government advisory body, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).

The new Level Four Higher Apprenticeship in Legal Services is now open for registration.

As a recent graduate, I feel as though I’m in a good position to talk about some of the common tropes of a law degree.