Legal aid lawyers have been called a “dying breed” after research by the Junior Lawyers Division found that only 4% of young lawyers are interested in working in legal aid.

Details of a new postgraduate law conversion course to replace the GDL when the Solicitors Qualifying Exam comes into effect in 2021 have been released by BPP University Law School.

How do you know which type of law firm is the right fit for you? Where you train will influence your career path, as the key practice areas, size and clients of each firm vary. 

What has happened to the Office of Fair Trading and what is the Competition and Markets Authority?

The University of Law is launching a series of new employability events which will help prospective students prepare for their legal careers.

The biggest diversity survey yet to take place in the legal profession has found that privately educated solicitors remain vastly overrepresented in the senior ranks of large firms. 

There are a lot of sources of information surrounding legal aid and the benefits it has in the legal system. However, universities often don't promote its importance within today's society.

The legal industry is bearing witness to a string of mergers taking place this winter as law firms expand their strength and reach ahead of the new year.

Hogan Lovells has teamed up with three universities to launch a £150,000 bursary scheme to help law undergraduates through their studies.

A new law firm has been launched entirely dedicated to the protection of animal rights. Advocates for Animals, which is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, plans to work for charities and non-governmental organisations and is already supported by the legal charity, the UK Centre of Animal Law.

Global law firm Reed Smith has launched a new programme, Wellness Works, to support the wellbeing of its employees. 

Olympic rowing gold medallist Katherine Grainger CBE will be joining 6,000 members of the legal profession for next month’s London Legal Walk to raise money for the free legal advice sector.

The new centralised ‘super exam’ for qualifying solicitors which will replace the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course (LPC) does not amount to a “robust and effective measure of competence” and may end up costing students more than the current system, the University of Law has said.

The Co-operative Group's announcement of its intentions to create 3,000 jobs in the legal sector is the latest and clearest sign that alternative business structures are set to have a big impact on the legal profession.

Plans to stop McKenzie Friends from being able to recover fees from members of the public following successful court action have received the support of the Law Society and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.

CILEX (The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) has appointed leading NHS lawyer Sara Fowler as its 62nd president, and former Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education CEO, Jennifer Coupland, as its new CEO. Fowler began her term on 16 July 2025, succeeding from Foot Anstey LLP partner Yanthé Richardson, while Coupland will replace current CEO Craig Hamer in September.

This blog post will debate whether companies have a legal obligation to reduce their emissions in line with domestic agreements as well as broader climate agreements such as the Paris Agreement. I will talk about a recent legal case involving the multinational oil and gas company Shell.

The first thing that comes to mind for many when contemplating the energy sector is traditional oil and gas. At once, this brings forth mental images of colossal, spider-like oil rigs burrowing into the darkness of our oceans. Although oil and gas indeed dominate the sector, they are just one cog in a wheel of energy sources including nuclear power, renewables such as wind, hydro and solar, as well as electricity.