Two more leading law firms have announced partnerships with Vantage, the online portal that matches diverse candidates with opportunities at top legal employers.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority should tighten its rules on non-disclosure agreements, MPs have been told.

Leading firms are vulnerable to financial shock following years of enhanced partner distributions and “lean” approaches to cash management, a review of leading firms’ accounts recently revealed.

Some 55% of all barristers’ chambers will go under within six months and 81% will not survive 12 months without financial aid, if current pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic continue, a recent survey by the Bar Council indicates.

The number of practising solicitors in England and Wales has grown in the last year while the number of registered training contracts has fallen slightly, the Law Society’s annual statistics report has revealed.

BPP law school students will soon have more flexibility in how they pay for their law courses when extended payment options come into effect from September 2011.

US firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP and global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright have both raised the salaries for their newly qualified (NQ) solicitors in London to £170,000 and £135,000, respectively. 

Dentons, Mishcon de Reya LLP and Stevens & Bolton LLP have all revealed revenue growth for the 2023/24 financial year.

Bates Wells, Browne Jacobson LLP and Freeths LLP have become the latest firms to back Project Rise – “a cross-firm enterprise” initiated by the Law Society’s Disabled Solicitors Network that aims to encourage more part-time training opportunities across the legal sector. 

DLA Piper UK LLP, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Reed Smith and Ashurst LLP have become the latest law firms to increase their newly qualified (NQ) lawyer salaries. 

The ‘Tesco law’ revolution continues apace with the news that two more top 50 firms, Kennedys and Hill Dickinson, have confirmed plans to convert to alternative business structure status

Nine law firms have signed up to the Mindful Business Charter, which pledges to change avoidable working practices that have a negative impact on employees’ mental health.

As the spring-qualifying trainees at SNR Denton celebrate vastly improved retention rates, more firms' newly qualified (NQ) Spring 2011 figures have come to light.

Following on from news that trainee retention rates are generally improving, a further six firms have announced healthy rates for their most recent group of 2012 qualifiers.

A number of firms have signed up to a social mobility initiative launched by the government last year.

A range of law firms have announced plans to give their staff bonus payments due to the ongoing cost of living crisis.

A number of firms, including Baker & McKenzie, Pinsent Masons and Mayer Brown, have confirmed how many Spring 2014 qualifiers have secured newly qualified positions.