Magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has revealed new “ambitious” global diversity targets with all “key global leadership functions” set to have ethnic diversity and at least 40% women and 40% men by 2023.

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The University of Law has partnered with top law firms and businesses across the country to help aspiring lawyers and business professionals gain work experience via an Instagram competition.

A team from BPP Law School Manchester has won the fifth mooting shield competition hosted by DAC Beachcroft, following six months of preliminary rounds.

City firms should focus on retaining and developing BAME lawyers to ensure their workforces are diverse and multicultural, in addition to improving recruitment, the diversity network NOTICED has said.

Organised around the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta in 2015, a new scheme has been launched by Lord Dyson to send young solicitors and barristers into schools and encourage students to pursue a career in law.

Pass rates for the Legal Practice Course vary from 100% at two universities to just 37% at the lowest performing provider, according to the latest statistics gathered by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

According to reports in The Lawyer, a new Legal Services Board (LSB) proposal to monitor social mobility in the legal profession will see lawyers asked a range of questions about their socio-economic background, religion, disability and caring responsibilities.

The Bar Council has this week hosted the second Bar Placement Week in Leeds and Manchester, following the scheme’s success in 2014.

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Recent research suggests that nearly half of the top 200 UK law firms have won business directly through social media engagement, though fewer than a quarter of these have so far integrated social media into their marketing strategies.

Ashurst LLP and Perkins Coie are set to merge to create a globally integrated law firm with combined revenues of around $2.8 billion, following a vote of approval from both firms’ partnerships. 

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has introduced a "CV blind policy" in the final recruitment stage of its trainee selection process.

If you’re like me and spend your days wondering why so much of the responsibility for the care of our planet is vested in the consumer rather than the producer then look no further than the campaigners behind the Better Business Act (BBA).

LawBite, the online legal service, has launched its second round of crowdfunding; the initial funding round in May 2013 saw investors raise £240,000 in just 10 days.

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The firm was particularly efficient in their recruitment process. They consider their candidates on all aspects, including experiences, and not just academia. As a result, they attract well-rounded, friendly and interesting individuals from a wealth of backgrounds.

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