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CILEX (The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) is a step closer to giving the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) power to oversee legal executives, following two consultations that supported this proposed change.
The reasons that firms decide to merge are as varied as the firms themselves, but there are usually some key drivers – namely, the desire to expand, geographically or in terms of expertise, or to stay afloat. For the lawyers who find that the firm they joined is no longer the firm at which they work, there are normally a raft of opportunities– and maybe especially so for trainees.
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Changes to speed up the way that family law courts deal with divorce, separation and child custody cases will be badly undermined by the government’s cuts to civil legal aid, the Law Society has said.
Legal education provider BARBRI has announced that it’s recommitting to its diversity and inclusion scheme, BARBRI Bridges for a second year.
Stephenson Harwood LLP has launched global fertility and pregnancy loss policies for its employees. All partners and global employees can benefit from the policy which aims to emotionally support people through their parenthood journey.
In this comprehensive networking guide, BPP University Law School’s careers manager Stephen Bloomer shares his insights on networking, as well as top tips on creating an impressive LinkedIn profile, so you’re ready to get networking straight away.
The Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) was replaced by a range of new Bar courses in September 2020. To become a barrister, students must pass a Bar course approved by the Bar Standards Board. All approved Bar courses lead to the same destination – being ‘called to the Bar’, which enables you to apply for a pupillage. Here is LawCareers.Net’s guide to Bar courses.
A £1 million hardship fund has been created by SBA The Solicitors’ Charity, formerly known as the Solicitors Benevolent Association, to support solicitors in financial difficulty and with accessible savings of less than £2,500, as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
US firm Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP has reinforced its London bankruptcy team in anticipation of the cost-of-living crisis.
International law firm Gowling WLG has announced that women accounted for 50% of partner and director promotions within the firm over the past two years.
People may choose to use medication to manage ADHD presentations. While the UK is in the middle of a national ADHD medication shortage, which is likely to continue until at least December 2023, people are having real difficulty accessing their prescribed medication to help them manage their presentations.
The new Pupillage Gateway is due to go live today, Friday 1 March, at 11:00am.
The Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) was replaced by a range of new Bar courses as of September 2020. To become a barrister, students must pass a Bar course approved by the Bar Standards Board. All approved Bar courses lead to the same destination – being ‘called to the Bar’, which enables you to apply for a pupillage. Here is LawCareers.Net’s guide to Bar courses.
The Bar Standards Board is set to look at whether there are “unjustified and discriminatory barriers to pupillage” at the advertising and recruitment stage.
Women will be in the majority on a panel of Supreme Court judges for the first time ever next month, almost a century after women were first able to access the barristers’ profession.
Family law barristers deal with all legal matters relating to marriage, separation, divorce and cohabitation, as well as issues relating to children, including contact arrangements, care and placement orders, adoption and surrogacy.
The Association of Law Teachers has criticised the Solicitors Regulation Authority over the regulator’s “disingenuous” reporting of the widespread criticism of its plans to introduce a new Solicitors Qualifying Examination.
An emergency hardship fund will be provided by the Inns of Court to support pupils and junior barristers throughout the coronavirus pandemic, as well as an emergency fund for barristers in urgent financial need, which will be available soon.
