Deciding to enter a career in law can be daunting to say the least, but it doesn’t have to be. Choosing the right place to begin your career is crucial and your legal education matters. Here are five reasons why The University of Law’s Solicitors Qualifying Exam employment promise will set you up in your legal career.

The popularity of podcasts has soared in recent years, with 12.3 million people listening to podcasts each week in the UK, according to the BBC. Here are the 15 podcasts we think all aspiring lawyers should listen to.

The summer months are a great chance for you to get ahead in your legal career, while also making time to relax and enjoy your break from academia. There’s no need to dedicate every waking hour to building your commercial awareness, making applications or preparing for interviews, for example. That said, you should give yourself a head start and set aside enough time to practise the four pieces of advice we’ve outlined in this article.

Naomi Winston outlines how she discovered a career at the Bar would suit her, the benefits of Ten Old Square’s open-door policy and how she’s managing work/life balance with long covid.

Carl Rix is a tenant at Old Square Chambers. He gives advice to aspiring barristers, discusses the importance of trusting your own judgement and explains how the debating society at Swansea University led him to the Bar. 

“You don’t look like a solicitor, you’ll never make it.” This is what former President of the Law Society I. Stephanie Boyce was told throughout her journey to becoming a solicitor. Boyce’s story encapsulates the outdated homogeneity concerning what a typical solicitor should ‘look and sound like’.

Why are oil prices still crucial to the global economy?

Ogier, the offshore firm with offices on Jersey and Guernsey, is piloting a scheme which places potential trainees in paralegal roles before offering them training contracts.

What does the abolition of the Operating and Financial Review (OFR) mean for companies?

How will the OECD two-pillar base erosion and profit-shifting measures affect multinational businesses? 

Bulb Energy is a large energy supplier with 650 employees, serving around 1.5 million people in the UK. It launched in 2015 with a focus on providing renewable energy at a fair price.

Students will be deciding whether to resit their Bar Professional Training Course exams in October, despite not knowing their original results beforehand, the Bar Standards Board has said.