US firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP and global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright have both raised the salaries for their newly qualified (NQ) solicitors in London to £170,000 and £135,000, respectively. 

BPP law school students will soon have more flexibility in how they pay for their law courses when extended payment options come into effect from September 2011.

The number of practising solicitors in England and Wales has grown in the last year while the number of registered training contracts has fallen slightly, the Law Society’s annual statistics report has revealed.

Some 55% of all barristers’ chambers will go under within six months and 81% will not survive 12 months without financial aid, if current pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic continue, a recent survey by the Bar Council indicates.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority should tighten its rules on non-disclosure agreements, MPs have been told.

Two more leading law firms have announced partnerships with Vantage, the online portal that matches diverse candidates with opportunities at top legal employers.

Associate Alasdair Johnston discusses why he was drawn to working at international law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP, the rewarding cases he’s worked on and the importance of work experience for aspiring lawyers. Plus, he highlights his time on secondment in Dubai.

William Jay, an associate at Morrison Foerster, outlines what it was about the leading global law firm that stood out to him when he was making training contract applications, as well as what makes it a great place to work. 

Over half of callers to the LawCare helpline in 2019 were trainee solicitors, pupil barristers or junior lawyers, according to the legal mental health charity’s latest figures.

Most in-house lawyers are reluctant to make a full-time return to the office, with many preferring to work from home, according to a survey reported by the Law Gazette.

Legal Week reports that both Linklaters and Allen & Overy have announced a freeze on associate pay bands for the 2011-12 financial year.

The Law Society has concluded, via results from its recent member survey, that the vast majority of pro bono work is done by solicitors in private practice and by senior practitioners who have "more autonomy to undertake unpaid work".

Most UK universities are planning to provide in-person teaching during the Autumn term, according to a new survey from Universities UK.

As the UK’s political parties set off on the campaign trail this week, there has already been scandal, resignations, pacts and many a promise made. 

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A majority of the public would support a ban on long-term unpaid internships and measures to stop internships being given out informally, such as to the children of employees, a study by the Social Mobility Commission suggests. 

The government should not abandon access to physical courts in its drive to digitise the justice system because of the impact it would have on the poorest in society, leading judges and academics have warned.

The government’s plans to stop ordinary members of the public from being able to challenge unlawful actions by state bodies through judicial review have been dealt a second defeat in the House of Lords.