The partnerships of Charles Russell and Speechly Bircham have voted to merge their two firms.

Ayman Shehata is proof that not all successful careers as a solicitor are linear. He explains how he secured his training contract after university, the exciting work he does in corporate law and what makes Charles Russell Speechlys LLP stand out.  

The new edition of The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook was published this week and copies are winging their way to university campuses nationwide as we write.

Since my attendance, I’m thrilled to have accepted a training contract with Brabners, commencing in 2026. I truly believe that attending LawCareersNetLIVE was one of the contributing factors to my achievement.

CILEX (The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) is one of the three main professional bodies covering the legal profession in England and Wales. The 18,000-strong membership is made up of CILEX lawyers, paralegals and other legal professionals.

Chartered legal executives will be able to set up their own firms in 2015 after legislation passed successfully through the House of Lords.

Where’s the UK real estate market heading in 2025?

I’m finding it difficult to identify which practice area I’d enjoy most – do you have any tips on choosing a practice area before qualifying as a solicitor?

Do I have to study A-level law to become a lawyer?

As a family law paralegal, you will be one of the first points of face-to face-contact with the firm for clients seeking help and advice regarding family law issues.

After two years of pandemic-induced lockdowns, it’s finally time to emerge from the corners of your bedroom and catch some rays! This article outlines four ways future lawyers can have a guilt-free summer.

It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve published our last commercial news round-up and in that time it seems as if a lot has happened – from the escalation of the tensions between the US and Iran, to the worsening of the Australian wildfires which have so far destroyed over 32,000 square miles of land, killing millions of animals. 

On 18 September, the seventh National Paralegal Awards, hosted by CILEX, recognised paralegals across 14 individual and three business categories, such as Paralegal of the Year and National Paralegal Business of the Year

CILEx Regulation has appointed The University of Law as its training and assessment provider to run its alternative route to authorising Chartered Legal Executives who want to apply for additional practice rights. 

The City Consortium, which includes Freshfields and Linklaters, will provide ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees taking the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) to ensure candidates are prepared to commence training contracts within a City practice.  

The Law Society City Legal Index, which tracks those deals that the top 50 UK law firms have been involved with, has released figures which show that the total number of deals decreased in the first half of 2015.

Top City firms Linklaters, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Mills & Reeve have all taken advisory roles in the leading Chinese food company Bright Food's acquisition of a 60% stake in the famous breakfast cereal brand, Weetabix.

City firm Herbert Smith Freehills has elected 26 partners worldwide – its biggest partner promotions round since 2012 and four more than 2019 – despite coronavirus concerns.

A global network for crypto-related fraud has been launched by a group of legal industry professionals, including lawyers from Osborne Clarke and RPC, barristers and forensic accountants. 

Allen & Overy LLP and Travers Smith LLP have revealed a new partnership with LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex) charity GiveOut to launch a new LGBTQI Legal Aid Fund.