Happy new year! We hope that you had a good Christmas break and that it offered at least a brief respite from work (and worrying about Brexit). Here is a selection of important business news stories that you might have understandably missed while you had a face full of chocolate orange.

London-based civil liberties, human rights and legal aid firm Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA) has become the first law firm to be entirely owned by its employees.

London-based law firm Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA) has partnered with the charity Pathway, a homeless healthcare service, to provide legal assistance to homeless patients as they seek accommodation after being discharged from hospital. 

Leading civil liberties and legal aid firm Hodge Jones & Allen hosted Year 12 Students for a discussion about careers in the access-to-justice side of the legal profession earlier this month. 

Senior early careers recruitment adviser Anna Rutowicz offers application advice, details on Hogan Lovells’ vacation scheme and discusses the firm’s inclusion strategy. Plus, find out why demonstrating commercial awareness is so important in your applications.

Interested in corporate M&A work? Anthony Doolittle talks about his role as a corporate M&A lawyer at Hogan Lovells, outlining his area of expertise and the type of work you can expect to get involved with.  

International firm Hogan Lovells has joined the DiversCity mentoring scheme, the first programme specifically designed to provide informal support to LGBT students who aspire to a career in City law.

International law firm has launched a new paralegal apprenticeship scheme, with the University of Law set to deliver the study side of the programme. 

Hogan Lovells has teamed up with three universities to launch a £150,000 bursary scheme to help law undergraduates through their studies.

Hogan Lovells has unveiled the details of its diversity plan, which includes an emphasis on retaining and advancing the careers of women lawyers to ensure greater gender equality among its partners.

Hogan Lovells, one of the leading global law firms, is due to leave its City of London headquarters where it has been based in Atlantic House since 2001. 

Hogan Lovells has revealed plans to reverse salary reductions at its US office and reintroduce pay reviews in the UK, despite the damaging impact that coronavirus has had on the economy and the legal profession.