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The News of the World saga continues, with an announcement that Lord Justice Leveson will conduct the hacking inquiry in the Royal Courts of Justice.
Innovative UK top 20 firm DWF has launched in the French legal services market for the first time through a merger with boutique Paris firm Heenan Paris.
Both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Government Legal Profession (GLP) offer pupillages leading to permanent roles with fixed salaries, holiday and sickness pay, pensions and all the usual employment protection rights.
Junior barristers are set to benefit from a new online toolkit which has been specifically for them by the Bar Council’s Young Barristers’ Committee.
The first two people to have completed the Accutrainee programme have been taken on by the firms at which they trained.
The Modern Law Awards last week honoured the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Diane Burleigh OBE, for her lifetime of achievements in the legal profession.
The accountancy firm KPMG has recently been awarded an alternative business structure licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
BPP University College of Professional Studies became BPP University on 6 August 2013.
There is a bumper crop of interesting business stories this week, ready for you to read and digest.
The University of Law is the first university to be granted an Alternative Business Structure licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
The Access to Justice Foundation, which aids pro bono work, is running its third annual essay competition for law students
According to recent reports in The Lawyer, City firm Norton Rose saved millions of pounds and around 100 jobs last financial year thanks to a flexible-working programme and the outsourcing of 60 members of support staff.
Law firms are avoiding reporting the true extent of their gender pay gaps and regulations should be updated to force them to be transparent, Conservative MP Maria Miller has said.
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.
Pro bono charity LawWorks named the winners of its annual awards at a dinner on 23 June at the Law Society.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is seeking to replace the traditional requirements of the training contract with a process that ensures the skills of prospective solicitors.
A number of firms' work placement schemes have been shortlisted for the annual National Council for Work Experience Awards.
Professional services providers (ie, lawyers, surveyors, accountants, financial advisers, insurance brokers and architects) all run the risk of giving negligent advice to clients.
Lawyers in Schools offers an opportunity for law firm employees to volunteer in the classroom: sharing knowledge and understanding on a variety of legal issues.
The National College of Legal Training is offering two lucky winners the chance to knock £5,000 each off their course fees with a £10,000 sweepstake.
