The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) has launched the CILEX AI Academy in collaboration with AI-powered learning platform 5Mins.ai. The micro-learning platform is said to deliver personalised AI training to professionals across the legal industry.
Browne Jacobson LLP has launched the fifth year of its Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage (REACH) mentoring programme, welcoming a new cohort of 12 aspiring Black lawyers to gain insight into the legal profession.
Pinsent Masons LLP is set to enter the Polish legal market with a new Warsaw office scheduled to open in mid-2026, establishing its presence in Central and Eastern Europe.
The College of Legal Practice has announced a new partnership with Keele University to offer Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation as part of Keele’s LLM in legal practice course.
Silk, Anatomy of a Scandal, The Split, Legally Blonde… the list goes on! We’re no strangers to women in the courtroom on TV but very few (if any) programmes express the difficulty women have faced getting to this point. For those who choose the barrister route, the road for women has been one paved with various obstacles. To this day, there are fewer women at the Bar than those practising as solicitors (38.8% compared with 52%).
