The solicitors’ profession is diversifying and increasingly reflects the makeup of the general UK population, data collected by the Law Society shows.

Junior barristers are set to benefit from a new online toolkit which has been specifically for them by the Bar Council’s Young Barristers’ Committee. 

Junior lawyers, with support from the Law Society, have announced that they will focus once again on the campaign for a minimum trainee salary.

The Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council has announced the topic for its annual essay competition, sponsored by the Bar Council scholarship trust.

A website which enables customers to get in direct contact with barristers has received the support of the Bar Council.

The Solicitors Regulations Authority and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives have signed up to the government’s Trailblazer project, which will standardise legal apprenticeships across the profession.

The legal press, including Legal Business and the Law Society Gazette, have reported that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is seeking a Manchester office as part of a 'near-shoring' strategy.

International firm Norton Rose Fulbright will introduce a new hybrid working policy, allowing staff to work remotely for up to 50% of the time once the pandemic has passed. Linklaters and Taylor Wessing have also introduced agile working strategies. 

Probably the Inn with the most accessible information, in 2025 the Inner Temple will have more than £2 million available in scholarships, the vast majority of this set aside for those on the Bar course. 

A group of Legal Sector Alliance members have unveiled their carbon footprints in a coordinated move, revealing a significant drop in emissions.

The Legal Education and Training Review, launched in February 2011, has issued its first discussion paper.

Metro Bank has launched a professional studies loan scheme for postgraduate students, available initially only to students at the University of Law.

Hackney Law Centre has reopened its pro bono clinic for debt problems and help with claiming benefits thanks to volunteers from law firms Debevoise and Plimpton LLP and Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, supported by students from BPP Law School and staff at Hackney’s libraries service.

Co-operative Legal Services plans to halve the workforce of its 120-strong personal injury department by making up to 60 redundancies.

Aspiring barristers can win up to £4,000 via the Bar Council’s Law Reform Essay Competition, sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarships Trust.  

Judges, QCs, junior barristers and solicitor advocates have come out in support of an anti-bullying campaign initiated by five barristers.

Magic circle firm Clifford Chance is cutting its training contract numbers by 20.

Lincoln’s Inn offers more than £2 million each year in various scholarships, awards and prizes. 

The Law Society has invited law students, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and other junior lawyers to enter its annual Graham Turnbull essay competition, which this year is on the topic of human rights.

The Crown Prosecution Service’s trainee solicitor scheme opened for applications last week, with the deadline for submissions set for 31 May.