People in need of legal services are now able to find regulated paralegals on the Professional Paralegal Register, which was launched on 6 July.

If you're approaching the end of your law degree and don’t yet have a training contract or your next move lined up – don’t panic, you're not alone. Many law graduates find themselves in this exact position. The truth is training contracts are hard to secure and that’s why stepping into a paralegal role has traditionally been such a popular move.

Decked out in magnificent magenta, this year's edition of the Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook should be your guiding light as you search for the legal career that is right for you.

How will the pandemic impact the future of real estate in towns and cities?

The pandemic didn’t impact the Legal Practice Course (LPC) pass rates, according to new statistics from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

Norton Rose Fulbright has confirmed that it will offer trainee solicitors the opportunity to spend six months of their training contracts in Johannesburg.

How has the landscape of litigation funding changed in respect of recent changes and how will this impact access to justice?

What can we learn following P&O Ferries’ dismissal of nearly 800 workers?

International firm O’Melveny has suspended its 2019 vacation scheme and 2021 training contract applications, as it seeks to conclude merger talks with magic circle giant Allen & Overy.

Oxford Brookes University announced earlier this week that it intends to stop offering the LPC in summer this year.

The first barristers’ set to address elitist discrimination at the Bar by adopting contextual recruitment practices has been accused of “virtue signalling,” according to its head of chambers.

A recent study has revealed that 37% of legal professionals worked on their days off last year, a figure predicted to rise to 50% in 2023.  

Over half of all training contracts nationwide in 2016-17 were based in London, research by the Law Society has revealed.

The majority of corporate legal departments will be using artificial intelligent systems in a year’s time, a survey of global businesses has predicted.

Dozens of barristers’ chambers are refusing to take on new defence work in protest at the crisis in the justice system created by the government’s cuts and reforms, the latest being changes to the Advocates Graduated Fee Scheme.

The 2015 Bar National Mock Trial Competition saw over 2,000 students from state schools compete in a series of mock trials.

Outsourcing has grown increasingly more prevalent in the public and private sectors since it emerged in the 1980s.