The University of Law has announced that it will provide four weeks of qualifying work experience (QWE) to all its LLM Legal Practice (Solicitors Qualifying Exam SQE1 and SQE2) and MA Law (SQE1) students to prepare them for their future in the legal profession.

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The University of Law in Hong Kong has welcomed its first official cohort as students at the campus begin their part-time and full-time GDL courses.

The University of Law’s Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) Law Essentials Course – the precursor to the SQE preparatory course for non-law graduates – welcomed its first cohort of students on Monday.

The University of Law has been ranked as having the joint-highest levels of overall student satisfaction of all the higher education institutions in the country in the National Student Survey 2016.

The University of Law is set to establish a presence in Scotland for the first time with the purchase of Central Law Training Scotland from Wilmington Plc.

The University of Law is set to deliver the Legal Practice Course and LLM Legal Practice at the University of Southampton from September 2022.

The University of Law has been sold to Global University Systems by Montagu Private Equity, less than three years since it was first purchased.

The Law Society welcomed the opening of a ‘super courtroom’ in Loughborough last week.

The Law Society of England and Wales has welcomed the Bar Council’s review into bullying, harassment and sexual harassment at the Bar, commending “the leadership of the Rt Hon. the Baroness Harriet Harman KC and the review team for their thorough and thoughtful work”.

The Law Society has expressed its ‘wide ranging’ concerns with remote juries in the justice system, including the “risk of alienating juries and/or witnesses.” These concerns follow civil court users having described remote hearings as “fragmented” and demanding improvements.

Law Society members will once again have access to the society’s HQ at 113 Chancery Lane, London from 9:00am on Monday 19 July. 

An independent review of the criminal courts has highlighted that the “entire system needs funding”, according to The Law Society of England and Wales President Richard Atkinson.

On Monday 13 January, the government published an AI Opportunities Action Plan, which has been welcomed by Law Society President Richard Atkinson. Atkinson said that the plan “demonstrates the UK's commitment to invest in AI and digital infrastructures, but above all in people and talent”.  

The Law Society has launched a series of interactive commercial awareness webinars for second-, third- and first-year students, which will be delivered by dual qualified lawyer Denis Viskovich in March.

The Law Society has launched its new Access to Justice campaign, aiming to “defend the rule of law in an environment where legal advice is becoming more expensive and difficult to obtain”.

The Law Society met with the Lord Chancellor last week in another bid to influence the government's decision in relation to its planned legal aid cuts.

The Law Society has called for further investment into the justice system – especially civil and criminal legal aid, which wasn’t mentioned in the recent autumn budget. The Law Society President Richard Atkinson said: “The message that the Lord Chancellor should be hearing is spend to save.”