Sam Townend KC, the new chair of the Bar Council, has called the “need for significant investment” in the criminal and family justice systems “urgent”. 

In an inaugural address at Inner Temple Hall last week, new chair of the Bar Council of England and Wales Barbara Mills KC set out her priorities for the year ahead, which include raising the profile of the family Bar and enhancing the wellbeing of the profession.

The new chairperson of the Bar Council, Maura McGowan QC, has set out her vision for the Bar’s future in her inaugural address.

A new national award for law students, the Future Legal Mind award, has been launched by the National Accident Helpline.

An app that aims to be 'the Uber of legal and accountancy services' has been launched by solicitor and former managing partner of Harvey Ingram, Simon Astill.

According to Neurotechnology, Law and the Legal Profession, a report commissioned by the Law Society of England and Wales, future lawyers could end up charging their clients via “units of attention” monitored by computers that are connected directly to their brains. 

The focus of the Legal Education and Training Review has been criticised as "unbalanced or worse" by the President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger.

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New research has revealed that almost half of the 85,000 partners and employees working in the top 50 UK law firms are now on LinkedIn, the professional networking site.

Taking the total of authorised ABSs to five, this week has seen a number of ABS announcements from the SRA, including the first ABS in Wales and an application for a licence from an Italian firm.

LawCareers.Net’s user survey found that 89% rate LCN ‘useful’ or ‘very useful’, with respondents praising “how accessible it is” and “how much useful information there is, especially for free”.

Nearly 60% of legal professionals reported poor mental health, while half said they had experienced frequent anxiety over the past 12 months, according to LawCare’s 2025 Life in the Law report. 

The National College of Legal Training has announced that it will not recruit intakes for the GDL or LPC in 2013-14 because of a decrease in applications for the courses.

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