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Universities not doing enough to address barriers which are causing working class students to drop out without graduating

Posted on 03 July 2017

Working class students face disproportionate barriers at university and are dropping out without graduating in increasing numbers, while universities are not doing enough to provide support, new research has revealed.

UnLtd

Posted on 30 March 2023

A Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, this charity seeks to support the role of social entrepreneurs through funding and practical guidance.

Unmanned territory

Posted on 30 July 2019

What are the legal challenges and opportunities surrounding the development of drones?

Unpaid work experience restricts social mobility, say Young Legal Aid Lawyers

Posted on 21 November 2013

The legal profession's widespread use of unpaid work experience has impeded social mobility, according to a report commissioned by Young Legal Aid Lawyers.

Anna Wicks - Untreated sewage: a wake-up call for action

Posted on 18 February 2025

In a major blow to the UK’s environmental standards, the country’s post-Brexit environmental watchdog has uncovered a serious breach of environmental laws, finding that key authorities have failed to properly regulate sewage discharges by water companies.

UoL announces two-year international practice degree

Posted on 05 April 2013

The University of Law will launch a two-year specialist undergraduate law degree in international legal practice in 2014, the first of this kind of accelerated LLB in the United Kingdom.

UoL plans new Leeds centre

Posted on 11 July 2013

The University of Law is preparing to open a new centre in Leeds in September 2014, relocating its existing York centre there.

Up in smoke

Posted on 29 January 2013

Can the government really ban all branding on tobacco packaging?

The upcoming Employment Rights Bill

Posted on 15 April 2025

How will the recent amendments to the upcoming Employment Rights Bill help to better protect employees?

upReach

Posted on 23 January 2024

Do you want to get a head start on your graduate career, gain professional skills, and secure exclusive work experience opportunities in the legal sector? Then

Uptree

Posted on 05 April 2023

US border officials pressuring arrivals for social media access

Posted on 11 April 2017

Could complying with US border staff requests for access to social media accounts breach UK data protection regulations and client confidentiality obligations?

US firm launches new solicitor apprenticeship programme in London

Posted on 27 October 2023

Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP recently introduced a new solicitor apprenticeship programme to improve access to the profession, making it one of the first US-headquartered firms to make this move.

US firms announce trainee retention rates, while NQ solicitor salaries continue to rise

Posted on 10 July 2023

US firms White & Case LLP, Vinson & Elkins RLLP and Covington & Burling LLP share their trainee retention rates for autumn 2023, while Baker McKenzie and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner bump newly qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries as the competition to attract the best future talent continues.

US firms increase NQ lawyer salaries in London

Posted on 26 January 2024

Newly qualified (NQ) lawyer salaries are on the rise, as global law firm Ropes & Gray International LLP boosts NQ pay to £165,000, up from £147,000.

US firms join high-profile supporters of struggling legal advice centre

Posted on 09 October 2015

The oldest free legal advice centre in the world has been boosted by prestigious US firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Goodwin Proctor joining its already illustrious list of supporting firms.

US firms Shearman & Sterling and Latham & Watkins reveal high NQ retention rates

Posted on 23 June 2015

Shearman & Sterling has announced that it is keeping on all 13 of its September 2015 qualifying trainees, while fellow US-headquartered firm Latham & Watkins is retaining 20 of its 21 autumn qualifiers.

US law firm bumps NQ lawyer pay

Posted on 12 August 2022

Jones Day’s newly qualified (NQ) lawyers in London are set to receive a 27% pay rise, which will see their annual salaries reach £140,000.

US law firm Fried Frank trains pupil barristers in-house

Posted on 02 October 2017

US law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has launched an in-house pupillage scheme.

US law firms dominate UK corporate work earnings

Posted on 09 August 2024

Three US law firms are among the top five earning legal practices for UK corporate work, researchers at The Lawyer reveal, stating that the figures demonstrate further “Americanisation” of the UK’s legal market.