The financial sector is arguably the most intimidating and difficult to become acquainted with. Like technology, finance is surrounded by jargon and buzzwords: bonds, securities, hedge funds, capital markets, IPOs… Once you begin to understand one, something else equally as confusing rears its head. 

The first thing that comes to mind for many when contemplating the energy sector is traditional oil and gas. At once, this brings forth mental images of colossal, spider-like oil rigs burrowing into the darkness of our oceans. Although oil and gas indeed dominate the sector, they are just one cog in a wheel of energy sources including nuclear power, renewables such as wind, hydro and solar, as well as electricity. 

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An exciting new public legal education project called Take to Law has seen secondary school students across London meeting judges, solicitors and barristers to learn more about the legal profession.

The Bar Council and Bar Standards Boards have jointly published the second Bar Barometer, an annual report on statistical trends within the Bar.

In financial terms, what are ‘unicorns’ and why do investors seek them out? 

Are AdWords reducing the value of trademarks online?

The search to find this year’s Future Legal Mind has gained momentum as the deadline for aspiring lawyers across the UK to put themselves forward for the award draws closer.

Trainee solicitors’ average pay has decreased since the Solicitors Regulation Authority abolished its minimum salary rule, while the change has disproportionately affected BAME lawyers, the trainee gender pay gap has widened and social mobility has reduced, a survey has revealed.

The government should rethink plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a UK bill of rights, a cross-party parliamentary committee has warned.

Scottish law firm Biggart Baillie has been tasked with advising administrators from Duff & Phelps regarding the case of Glasgow Rangers Football Club, which went into administration on 14 February.

Scotland has created a reform bill that suggests amends to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA), which allowed trans men and women in the UK to change the sex listed on their birth certificates to reflect their lived identity.

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) has enrolled nine scholarship winners onto the CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ) – a new approach to on-the-job training which CILEX launched in 2021. 

A national fund designed to boost social mobility within the legal profession, address the recruitment and retention crisis, and ultimately improve access to justice has been launched. 

Save Justice UK is asking as many people as possible to sign postcards protesting against the government's plans to cut legal aid, before delivering them to deputy prime minister Nick Clegg in an attention grabbing media stunt.

Working in 120 countries, Save the Children seeks to protect children’s rights and lives by facilitating development programmes and providing emergency relief.

The president of The University of Law, Nigel Savage, is due to step down from his full-time position at the helm of the legal course provider as of 1 April 2014, after 18 years managing the institution.