The London Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Business and Law has been awarded funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England to set up a mentoring programme for law undergraduates from under-represented backgrounds.

For the second year running, London Metropolitan University has run a “Get into Law” event, aimed at encouraging students from underrepresented backgrounds into both postgraduate study and the legal profession.

On 23 April London Metropolitan University welcomed a variety of representatives from the legal profession to the law school for its first ever "Get Into Law" day, designed to advise students on how to get ahead in the profession.

Following the announcement by the SRA in May 2012 that BVC/BPTC graduates may be granted exemption from attendance and assessment in certain areas of the LPC, London Metropolitan University is running a specialised 'Barrister to Solicitor LPC'.

More than 800 teams and 12,000 walkers took part in the London Legal Walk 2022 last Tuesday 28 June in aid of supporting access to justice. Those completing the 10km route through central London have so far raised £590,000.

Organisers of the 10km London Legal Walk on 19 May 2014 are calling for more participants to sign up and raise money for charities providing free legal advice in London.

While the London Legal Walk – the biggest meet-up of the legal year – is postponed to 5 October 2020, the London Legal Support Trust plans to mark the walk’s original date of 8 June with an alternative option: the 10,000 Steps for Justice.

The London Legal Support Trust is celebrating 10 years of work with legal advice centres, as it plays host to a ‘dazzling decade’ party in October.

The trust works to support the survival of London based legal advice centres and agencies through fundraising initiatives and providing financial guidance.

Lawyers working in London are continuing to see their salaries rise year on year, according to a recent salary survey by international consultancy company Robert Walters.

Harrow Law Centre, set up in 2010, has taken an unusual step and bid for a criminal legal aid contract and, as such, will now be able to offer greater support to its vulnerable clients.

Staff at Stephenson Harwood LLP can work from home permanently in return for a 20% pay cut, as part of the firm’s new remote working policy which is set to be enforced this month. 

London is a leading global hub for LawTech, but strong growth in other jurisdictions means that it faces tough competition, according to research by the Law Society.

Top London chambers 11 Stone Buildings (11SB) has announced that it is to dissolve.

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The University of Law has linked up with several London boroughs to provide its first Higher Apprenticeships in Legal Services.

A consortium of London law schools have announced a one-day 'open access' law fair, designed to bring together law students and graduates from all backgrounds with employers.

Lawyers on Demand (LOD) has launched a unique Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) training programme designed to develop the skills required for in-house legal work and broaden access to the profession. 

One of the newest US entrants to the UK legal market - Locke Lord - has announced that it is currently recruiting trainees to start in September 2013.