Ropes & Gray has launched a new social mobility scholarship programme designed for first-year university students from diverse and underserved low socioeconomic backgrounds in the UK. 

CMS will be offering 95 training contract places in the coming recruitment year, making it the second-highest training contract provider in the UK.

A jittery start to the week on the world’s stock markets saw share prices plunging; this week’s round-up discusses both this and other key business news.

Taking into account the credit crunch, does money make the world go round?

The Law Society has warned that various proposals under consideration by the SRA that would change the way in which solicitors qualify could serve to damage the perception of the United Kingdom as a “global centre of legal excellence”.

The first Barbie doll was released in 1959 and is seen by many to be one of the most iconic dolls in history… so why's being called Barbie in any capacity so controversial

Lawyers and negotiating heads: burden or benefit?

If you’re like many law students, you’re currently in limbo between the end of second year and waiting to start the final year of your undergraduate degree. So, what should you do to prepare for your last year and the modules that you’ve chosen?

Goldsmiths, University of London has announced plans to launch a new law degree that will incorporate the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

City law firm Ashurst LLP has announced pay rises for both its London-based trainee solicitors and newly-qualified lawyers.

Goodwin Proctor is seeking validation from the SRA in order that it be able to take on trainees from collapsed firm, King & Wood Mallesons.

Should Google's use of trademarks as keywords in its AdWords service amount to trademark infringement?

Why has the Google Spain case drawn so much publicity and what are the long-term legal implications of the decision?

Google Ventures has backed Lawhive in a £9.5 million funding round, taking a stake in the British legal technology start-up developing an ‘AI paralegal’.

Commercial firm Gordon Dadds has acquired fellow City practice Ince & Co in a deal worth £27 million, although the final agreement will see Ince’s affiliated overseas offices continue to operate under the Ince & Co brand.