Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells are the first two firms to plan to integrate a new contextual recruitment tool in their online application systems, in time for the 2015-16 graduate recruitment season.

BAME candidates are still much less likely to secure pupillage than white students, while those who attended fee-paying schools remain disproportionately represented, according to the latest annual report from the Bar Standards Board.

A report on the experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) solicitors by The Law Society identified that BAME solicitors earn 25% less on average than their white counterparts.

Black, Asian or minority ethnic partners are the most likely solicitors to suffer stress in the country, according to new research published by the Law Society.

The Law Gazette has reported on data from the SRA revealing that black and minority ethnic (BAME) students are less likely to pass the GDL and LPC than their white counterparts. 

Recent figures published by the Bar Standards Board indicate that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women are the lowest paid barristers. Meanwhile, their white male colleagues receive the highest incomes.

In a bid to help demystify the justice system for the general public, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced that the current ban on filming and broadcasting in court will be overturned.

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Barristers and banks generally cross paths when something costly has gone wrong, or might go wrong, in relation to a transaction or product.

Banking and finance is a global industry involving a wide variety of financial products, ranging from simple bank loans to companies, to highly structured financing arrangements across multiple jurisdictions.

The Bar Council is this week celebrating a decade of its flagship social mobility initiative, Bar Placement Week, as well as launching a related online campaign, entitled ‘I am the Bar’.

Bar chairman Alistair MacDonald QC has said that there should be a complete ban on all fees paid by barristers to instructing solicitors to prevent attempts to disguise referral fees as administration fees.

At the recent Bar & Young Bar Conference, the chairman of the Bar said that barristers are more than mere “economic actors”, and while not expecting to be popular, they should be valued.