Taking the total of authorised ABSs to five, this week has seen a number of ABS announcements from the SRA, including the first ABS in Wales and an application for a licence from an Italian firm.

New research has revealed that almost half of the 85,000 partners and employees working in the top 50 UK law firms are now on LinkedIn, the professional networking site.

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His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has drawn up plans to shut down and sell off ageing and run-down court buildings within the next decade.

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Networking is one of the most important things that you’ll do as a law student or aspiring lawyer. People will tell you that it's important to attend as many legal events as possible but won’t tell you how you can put your best self out there at these events.

The focus of the Legal Education and Training Review has been criticised as "unbalanced or worse" by the President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger.

According to Neurotechnology, Law and the Legal Profession, a report commissioned by the Law Society of England and Wales, future lawyers could end up charging their clients via “units of attention” monitored by computers that are connected directly to their brains. 

An app that aims to be 'the Uber of legal and accountancy services' has been launched by solicitor and former managing partner of Harvey Ingram, Simon Astill.

Following public consultation last year, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has confirmed that changes to continuing professional development will come into force from 1 April this year.

A new national award for law students, the Future Legal Mind award, has been launched by the National Accident Helpline.

The new chairperson of the Bar Council, Maura McGowan QC, has set out her vision for the Bar’s future in her inaugural address.

In an inaugural address at Inner Temple Hall last week, new chair of the Bar Council of England and Wales Barbara Mills KC set out her priorities for the year ahead, which include raising the profile of the family Bar and enhancing the wellbeing of the profession.

Sam Townend KC, the new chair of the Bar Council, has called the “need for significant investment” in the criminal and family justice systems “urgent”. 

A new two-part Bar course that will replace the BPTC has been given provisional approval.

The Bar Pro Bono Unit has announced that its new chief executive will be Jess Campbell, taking over from Rebecca Wilkie who is leaving after seven years in the role.

The Bar Council is supporting barristers in the battle against climate change with the launch of a new Bar Sustainability Network.