The Law Society's annual statistical report reveals that the number of training contracts available in the year ending 31 July 2010 fell by 16.1%.

The number of trainee solicitors earning less than the Law Society’s recommended minimum salary has fallen by a third compared to last year, according to new research.

The number of registered solicitors has fallen for the first time in 20 years, according to this year’s statistical report from the Law Society.

The Law Society’s annual statistics report 2020 offers a snapshot of the profession in the 12 months to 31 July 2020, with women outnumbering men plus concerns regarding ethnicity reporting and monitoring as most newly qualified solicitors do not disclose “their ethnic origin on the mySRA website”. 

The number of full-time LPC students has shrunk by over eight percent for the 2013-14 academic year.

A recent survey has revealed that 29% of legal aid practitioners and 38% of criminal practitioners are uncertain about whether to renew their practising certificate in 2021.

The number of freelance solicitors has doubled over the past three years, from around 300 in 2021 to 650 at the beginning of 2024, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). However, freelance solicitors still make up less than 1% of practising solicitors.

The number of domestic violence victims having to represent themselves against their abusers in court without a lawyer has more than doubled since 2012.

City law firms Travers Smith LLP and Ashurst LLP have both revealed increases to the salaries of their newly qualified (NQ) solicitors. 

There's cause to celebrate for the majority of SNR Denton's Spring 2011 qualifying trainees, as the firm reveals that it has positions for 11 out of the 14-strong intake.

City practices Linklaters and Addleshaw Goddard have revealed their Spring newly qualified retention rates.

White & Case LLP, Gowling WLG (UK) LLP and Taylor Wessing have each revealed increases in salary for their newly qualified (NQ) lawyers, as pay rises for NQs continue to be announced across the profession. 

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The Legal Advice Centre at Nottingham Law School, dubbed a ‘teaching law firm’, has recovered over £3 million in benefits and compensation for its clients in five years.

The Nottingham Creative Student IP project – run by law students from Nottingham Law School – has been awarded some £25,000 by the Intellectual Property Office.

Nottingham Law School (NLS) has launched a range of Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses to prepare students for the SQE. The SQE will be phased in from September 2021 and will eventually replace the current route into the solicitors’ profession, the Legal Practice Course.

For the first time this year, students embarking on Nottingham Law School’s LLB law degree will be taking an ‘applied legal knowledge’ pathway in their final year in preparation for the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).

The legal advice centre run by Nottingham Law School has launched a new service to support small businesses, entrepreneurs and charities.

Nottingham Law School's pro bono legal advice centre can now operate as a fully functional law firm after being granted an alternative business structure license.