Last night the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) unveiled the winners of its second annual National Awards.

Millicent Grant, president of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx), has won this year’s Black Solicitors Network (BSN) Lawyer of the Year accolade at the UK Diversity Legal Awards.

The prestigious LawWorks and Attorney General Student Awards has opened for nominations.

The backlog at crown courts in England and Wales has hit a new high of 64,015 unresolved cases, according to data published last week by HM Courts and Tribunals Services. 

Students are urged to ensure that they don’t miss the chance to vote in the general election on 7 May 2015.

A leading academic has joined the chorus of criticism directed at the proposed new Solicitors Qualifying Examination, saying that it is “too good to be true”.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced that it will trial running the first part of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) – SQE1 – in Welsh.  

It’s been a busy start to 2023 for me, which is why I’ve been very quiet over on my socials… I’m thrilled to announce that earlier in January, I moved from Freeths LLP’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) team onto its legal assistant programme.

Who’s missed our virtual Bootcamp events with The University of Law? Well, they’re back!

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives has introduced a new mental health and wellbeing initiative award category into this year’s CILEx National Awards, in partnership with legal sector mental health charity LawCare.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has confirmed that it plans to push for deregulation of training for solicitors, despite concerns raised by the Law Society.

The College of Law and the International Bar Association have teamed up to offer four £2,500 scholarships to students on the CoL's LLM in international legal practice, which runs from September 2012.

The student-run pro bono clinic at Northumbria University, Student Law Office, has secured more than £130,000 in compensation for its clients in 2013/14.

Shoosmiths’ summer vacation scheme, which was due to take place in June, has been cancelled in light of recent government advice. 

BPP University has been named Education Investor Higher/Professional Education Provider of the year 2013 by a panel that included the Department of Education, Universities UK and the Confederation of British Industry.

A legal offshoot has been launched by trade union United Voices of the World (UVW) in order to represent all workers in the legal sector. Legal Sectors Workers United (LSWU) claims to “organise workers in the legal sector, for the benefit and protection of the less privileged”.

The SRA will not act to help LPC students at London Metropolitan University while the institution challenges the potential revocation of its 'highly trusted sponsor' status by the UK Border Agency.

Slaughter and May's latest pay review has cut the firm's trainee bonuses and frozen its associate salaries, while bonuses for support staff will remain the same as last year.

The country's law firms are beginning to show signs of growth after fee incomes dropped by 6.5% in 2009, according to research from the Law Society's Management Section.