The eighth annual LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards are underway, with nominations now being accepted for those law students and law schools undertaking great pro bono work.

Students and law schools have begun submitting their nominations for the LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2020.

Pro bono organisation LawWorks has announced that nominations are open for its annual LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards.

The prestigious LawWorks and Attorney General Student Awards has opened for nominations.

The nominees for the fifth annual Student Law Society Awards have been revealed, after an overwhelming response of more than 2,700 submissions from student law society members, and 38 submissions from presidents and committees.

LawCareers.Net is delighted to announce the nominees for the fourth annual Student Law Society Awards, sponsored by DWF LLP. There has been an overwhelming response, with more than 2,240 individual submissions and 48 committee submissions received.

LawCareers.Net is excited to announce the nominees for the 17^th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards, which this year will take place virtually.

The shortlist of nominees has been announced for the 2020 LawWorks & Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards, sponsored by LexisNexis.

The awards recognise the outstanding pro bono activities of law students and law schools, which in many cases are the only way for vulnerable people to access the justice system.

The nominees for the seventh annual Student Law Society Awards have been revealed, after LawCareers.Net received 37 submissions from presidents and committees and nearly 2,000 submissions from society members across the UK.

The nominees for the 10th annual Student Law Society (SLS) Awards have been revealed.

Gabs Rodriguez-Cleary didn't study law and took a non-typical route to becoming a trainee at Shoosmiths. Find out about his journey and the transferable skills he has brought from his previous degree and work.

Anna McMillan, trainee at Shoosmiths, offers an insight into her journey to the legal profession, from a non-law background.

Anna is a first-year trainee in Shoosmiths’ London office. She is currently sitting in the real estate department after having completed her first seat in tax.

Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption has claimed that the profession's best lawyers did not study law at university.

I’m a non-law student qualifying via the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) – do I still need to do a law conversion course?

Not having a law degree isn’t a barrier to becoming a lawyer – in fact, the legal profession is full of non-law graduates, and the skills and experiences gained studying and working in other fields can be used to your advantage.

City law firm Macfarlanes was the first non-magic circle firm to increase its newly qualified (NQ) lawyer salary in line with the ongoing NQ pay war. 

I asked my followers on Twitter and Instagram if they had any questions about the BPTC and applying for pupillage. The first question is about applying from the BPTC from a Non-Russell Group University. 

More than 1,500 students each year study for the Bar course in the hope of achieving their goal of becoming practising barristers. Many students are left disappointed without any real understanding of why they couldn’t secure pupillage.