The Alternative Business Structure model has facilitated two more firsts for the profession with the granting of ABS licences by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to long-standing advocates of the new ownership approach, Knights Solicitors and Quindell Portfolio.

A joint statement was issued on 6 October by the Legal Services Board, the SRA and the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) to mark the first day that alternative business structures (ABS) and other new forms of legal service business are allowed to operate.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has approved alternative business structure licences for the AA and over-50s specialist Saga.

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The American Bar Association has decided not to accredit foreign law schools, a decision that has been eagerly anticipated for nearly two years.

The University of Law and the American Bar Association are holding an International Legal Education Summit at ULaw’s London Moorgate centre on Saturday 19 October.

A quartet of firms is now taking applications for summer vacation schemes through Apply4Law. Apply yourselves!

A-level students will be offered virtual work experience at magic circle firm Linklaters, after lockdown saw 18,000 undergraduates enrol on the firm’s digital internship programme.

It’s A-level results day and the good news is that whatever your results, there is a whole range of options open to you beyond the traditional university route if you are considering a career in law.

Leading law firm A&O Shearman has retained 69% of its summer trainee cohort, with 37 out of the 54 trainees having accepted permanent positions.

Mega firm A&O Shearman has released guidance for students on the use of AI in training contract and vacation scheme applications.

Matt Maciejewski, an associate in A&O Shearman’s private equity and M&A team, speaks about the important role non-legal work experience had on his legal career, the work/life balance at the leading London law firm and how to find out if a legal career is the right choice for you.   

Magic circle giant Allen & Overy has become the first law firm to join the government's new social mobility initiative which gets companies to offer internships to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP will merge to create a global legal powerhouse after 99% of partners at the firms voted in favour of the deal. 

Changes sweeping the legal profession will mean that a third of the current top 300 UK firms will no longer exist by 2022 unless firms become more competitive and transparent on the price of services, a law firm finance expert has forecasted. 

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