Browne Jacobson LLP has partnered with one of the world’s leading virtual work experience platforms Forage to launch a brand-new programme that aims to improve diversity and inclusion within the legal sector.

UK-based law firm Browne Jacobson LLP has been named the ‘National (British) Winners of the Equity Trailblazer’ at the National British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) Business Awards.  

For the second year in a row, Browne Jacobson LLP has secured the top spot on the UK’s Social Mobility Index.  

National law firm Browne Jacobson LLP has welcomed six work experience students who are part of the Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme, as part of the firm’s efforts to improve access and diversity within the profession. 

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has been awarded the annual Commendation for Diversity as judged by LawCareers.Net, Aspiring Solicitors and Rare.

The merger of City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner and US-based Bryan Cave has been completed, creating new firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.

The Bar Standards Board has agreed to change parental leave rules to enable all self-employed barristers to take leave, regardless of whether their spouse or partner has also done so.

Following a review, the Bar Standards Board has decided not to implement the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, but continues to commit to assuring the quality of all aspects of barristers’ services. 

The Bar Standards Board has published its framework for the development of education and training in response to the Legal Education and Training Review.

A report commissioned by the Bar Standards Board has concluded that access to justice would be damaged if the Bar's 'cab rank' rule is abolished.

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) and the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education have revealed the barrister apprenticeship standard, which sets out the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to become a successful practising barrister in England and Wales. 

The new Bar training rules require that those who commenced training for the Bar from 2020 take a Bar Standards Board (BSB) exam in Professional Ethics if, after their vocational training, they then go on to pupillage.  

Cardiff University has become the latest education provider to be authorised by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to deliver the vocational component of Bar training from September 2020.