The nominees for the 11th annual Student Law Society (SLS) Awards, sponsored by BARBRI, have been revealed after LawCareers.Net received 39 submissions from presidents and committees and more than 2,100 submissions from society members.

Law societies, law firm representatives and the LawCareers.Net team gathered last night on Thursday 14 March 2024 to celebrate the tenth annual LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards.

Starting a training contract is about having an open mind. The reason behind completing four to six different seats is to gain exposure to each of the different departments.

What’s the likely impact of the changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief that were announced in the autumn 2024 budget?

Norton Rose has announced an impending merger with US firm Fulbright & Jaworski, which is set to be completed on 1 June 2013.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has announced that non-practising solicitors will need to pay a £20 charge to stay on the roll from next year. The change will affect around 60,000 non-practising solicitors who are already on the roll.

The legal profession had its biggest turnout yet at the London Legal Walk earlier in May.

Leading law firm Dentons has launched a new policy, developed in consultation with the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse, to provide support to any staff experiencing domestic abuse. The support was made available across the firm’s offices in the UK, Ireland and the Middle East.

The Institute of Paralegals has revealed a new strategy to improve diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and ensure that individuals from all backgrounds are not only recruited into the legal sector, but retained and progressed as well.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has appointed Nottingham Law School (NLS) to deliver CPS solicitor apprenticeships across the North of England.

The Pupillage Gateway has opened for browsing on 4 March.

Six lawyers have been promoted to international firm Simmons & Simmons’ global partnership this year, in what is the firm’s smallest promotion round since the 2008 financial crash.

The president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, has announced measures to diversify the roster of Supreme Court judges as upcoming retirements create vacancies over the next couple of years. 

The number of pupillages being offered is likely to shrink as covid-19 forces chambers to defer recruitment, the Bar Standards Board revealed in a recent report.

Magic circle giant Allen & Overy has become the first law firm to join the government's new social mobility initiative which gets companies to offer internships to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The University of Law has secured an exclusive partnership with magic circle law firm Clifford Chance to deliver its Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) courses. 

Are earlier UK IP rights still applicable in the EU?

Applications are now open for LawCareers.Net’s legal careers conferences, LawCareersNetLIVE, taking place in November and December later this year.

Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen (1963) is seen as significant for two reasons. This blog will examine each principle, the distinction and its limits.