Following the success of CityLawLIVE's first full-day conference, applications are now being accepted for the next event, to be held on Saturday 8 December in central London.

On Saturday 25 February the first CityLawLIVE student conference was held in London, bringing together around 160 students keen on a career in the City with firm representatives and industry experts.

On Saturday 8 December 2012 the second CityLawLIVE student conference was held in London, bringing together around 200 students keen on a career in the City with firm representatives and industry experts.

Conference organiser and LC.N editor Isla Grant outlines the value of CityLawLIVE for aspiring commercial lawyers.

Jonathan Wood, partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, gives his advice on developing a commercial outlook and understanding the law firm as a business.

Mark Deem, a commercial litigation partner specialising in technology and media at Cooley (UK) LLP, talks about the challenge of using old laws to regulate new technological advances and what motivated him to go into law.

Civil law involves relations between persons, and between persons and organisations.

Human rights law is essential for a fair and civilised society where all are protected, including the vulnerable, and is a popular choice for students and practitioners.

New research from the Social Mobility Foundation has revealed that those from working-class origins earn on average 13.05% less than their middle and upper-class peers.

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers is set to join the government’s AI Growth Lab, an advisory sandbox aimed at supporting the development of AI products by helping organisations navigate existing regulatory frameworks.

Magic circle firms Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May have said that they will not introduce legal apprenticeships to their recruitment and training models, while Freshfields may soon become the first magic circle firm to take on apprentices.