Solicitors in England and Wales will celebrate Black History Month by embracing the ‘Proud to Be’ theme.

The Bach Commission has today published its report, The Right to Justice, including recommendations for a statutory right to justice, reforms to legal aid, and better public legal education. All three branches of the profession have responded to its publication, vociferously in support of its recommendations. 

The LPC is the vocational stage of training that follows either a law degree or postgraduate law conversion course. Anyone who falls within the SRA's transitional arrangements will have until 31 December 2032 to qualify this way.  

How do you navigate the Legal Ombudsman Scheme?

This blog post will debate whether companies have a legal obligation to reduce their emissions in line with domestic agreements as well as broader climate agreements such as the Paris Agreement. I will talk about a recent legal case involving the multinational oil and gas company Shell.

The National Legal Alliance has launched a wellbeing service – métier legal lifestyle protect – to support lawyers who are struggling with burnout and poor mental health. 

Law Society president Linda Lee has become the first female head of the society to admit her daughter to the roll of solicitors.

LawCare has extended its online chat service for legal professionals to four days a week from today, Tuesday 10 May 2022. 

A free online resource to help lawyers adopt more mentally healthy ways of working has been launched by legal mental health charity LawCare, with expertise provided by the University of Sheffield and the Open University.

The College of Law’s degree congregation has awarded four of the most eminent lawyers in the United Kingdom honorary doctorates in law, in a ceremony which also marked the graduation of 439 former college LLB students and bestowed master’s qualifications on a further 12.

Students revising for exams in criminal law have a new tool to aid their studies: a YouTube series recreating some of the main cases and topics with Lego characters.

This blog post follows on from a previous article I wrote in which I recommended five legal films/shows. Part two is here and we’re back with another five. 

When seeking legal advice, people’s first port of call is the internet, not a law firm.

Employment in London's legal services sector is growing faster than any other financial or professional services industry, according to figures released by lobby group TheCityUK.

The number of in-house lawyers will have grown much further by 2020, while technological advances could mean a legal profession with fewer solicitors and more paralegals and computers, a landmark report by the Law Society has predicted.

Following the Legal Education Foundation’s announcement of funding for seven new social welfare law training contracts earlier this month, the charity has also revealed its intention to extend the scheme to the Bar Professional Training Course graduates.

The Legal Education Foundation has announced the appointment of two new governors, while confirming that its latest round of grants total over £500,000.

The Legal Education Foundation, one of the largest legal charitable foundations in the United Kingdom, has announced the first six organisations to be awarded grants.

A recent lecture hosted by Nottingham Law School has suggested that legal education should develop students' understanding of how language works.

In a recent report, Shoosmiths found that 82% of in-house senior lawyers expect to increase spending on legal disputes over the next three years.