A report by YouGov SixthSense has revealed that students studying in the United Kingdom had a collective debt of almost £20 billion in 2012-13, and are also spending more than their collective incomes.

Higher and degree apprenticeships have been found to be critical for skills supply, according to data released on apprenticeship trends earlier this week. This comes amid concerns that reduced funding for level 7 apprenticeships could harm growth. 

The Criminal Bar Association has announced that some of its members will not attend crown courts on the morning of 6 January, the first day of the new court term next year, in protest at the government’s legal aid cuts.

Osborne Clarke LLP has achieved a 19% increase in global revenues with the firm planning to pay bonuses of at least £2,500 to UK staff.

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.

The first part of the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam – a series of online multiple-choice exams testing legal knowledge – is likely to be too difficult with fail rates higher than the current LPC system, says Patrick McCann, global head of learning at Linklaters LLP.

Students from Northumbria University's award-winning Student Law Office recently had the chance to meet Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP as he visited the university and LawWorks' regional offices.

Property lawyers are handling 25% fewer cases on average, after monthly property transactions fell 21% year on year, according to data from Search Acumen. 

Calum Smith shares his journey into law and advice for aspiring barristers, as well as outlining how he manages his workload.

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Alice Kuzmenko is a barrister at 1 Crown Office Row. In this Meet the Lawyer she discusses what attracted her to the barrister route, her day-to-day responsibilites and what she enjoys most about her career in law.

The Law Society of England and Wales has supported the government’s decision to make four Nightingale courts permanent, with President Mark Evans describing the move as “sensible” in light of the “appalling backlogs in our courts”. 

Specialist diversity recruitment company Rare's Articles programme has won the Race for Opportunity Future Workforce Award 2013, facing down stiff competition from big-name organisations such as Sky and Microsoft.

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has authorised BPP Law School’s new Bar Training Course, which is now set to be available from September 2020, replacing the current BPTC.

The Bar Standards Board is set to introduce an aptitude test which wannabe barristers must pass to gain admission to the BPTC.

Three more firms have published their retention rates, confirming how many of their spring 2014 qualifiers have been offered newly qualified roles.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has indicated in a letter to the chair of the Justice Select Committee that he would allow choice of solicitor to continue and would consider the Law Society's suggested alternative model to price competitive tendering.

Top 50 law firm Birketts LLP has announced it will merge with Batchelors Solicitors, a leading firm based in London and Kent.The merger is set to complete on the 31 March 2023 and is the latest step in Birketts’ growth trajectory.

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