How will the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 reshape subscription contracts?

Chris Eaton completed The University of Law’s LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) ahead of sitting the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) and securing a training contract. We spoke to Chris about the prep course, taking the assessments themselves and Chris' advice for future SQE candidates.

This blog will give a brief summary of how poverty is a major issue in relation to capital punishment in the US. 

The thought of returning to education five years ago was off the table, I was terrified of being considered a mature student at the age of 22.

International law firm Gowling WLG (UK) LLP has set new diversity targets as part of its Inclusion for All (IFA) strategy, including reaching 18% ethnic minority partners and 40% female partners by 2030. 

If the banks won't lend, who will?

I’d like to apply for one of the LawCareersNetLIVE conferences, but I’m not sure which event to choose?

What are the practicalities of declaring final dividends in light of covid-19 and what can companies do if they no longer consider that the payment of a dividend is appropriate?

Should I use my Gmail or an academic email address when giving contact details? How strictly are deadlines enforced? Are there any ways of saving myself some time? The team at AllHires has the answers.

Economists’ ideal market – known as ‘perfect competition’ – would operate something like a large town square full of fruit and vegetable stalls. Prices would be clearly visible to consumers and one stall’s products would be very similar to the next, making it unlikely that one seller would set a higher price than their neighbour.

As the UK continues to reopen society – albeit with a lot more hand sanitising stations, face coverings and distance markers – law firms are following suit. But unlike the virtually overnight move to working from home, the move back to working in the office will be slow, and perhaps may not ever happen for some.

Jessikah Inaba, aged 23, made history last week, qualifying as Britain’s first Black, blind barrister.

What should a business bear in mind when it comes to consumer rights?

From a young age, I knew that I wanted to attend university and pursue a career which was intellectual and challenging. However, messages that I had internalised – that my sexual orientation was ‘bad’ – and a vast lack of LGBTQ+ role models were barriers. My only lesbian ‘role models’ were celebrities, and as a result, I had a hard time imagining how ‘someone like me’ could achieve highly in the career path that I desired.

What does the introduction of early conciliation really mean for employers?

What is the impact of social media on the legal sector?

The cost of studying for the qualifications to become a solicitor or barrister is obviously of paramount importance to the vast majority of people pursuing a career in law. Here is our guide to the loans and scholarships available for law degrees, as well as the GDL, LPC, SQE and Bar courses.

The new Victims and Court Act has opened the door for more CILEX lawyers to become crown prosecutors – a move that could help “alleviate shortages and tackle the massive backlogs we are facing in the criminal courts”, according to CILEX (The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) President Sara Fowler.

The American Bar Association has created a task force to address how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect legal practice, with a focus on six “critical” issues, including AI and legal education, and AI and access to justice.