Fourteen social welfare training contracts made available by The Legal Education Foundation (TLEF) are now open for applications.

Both The College of Law and Kaplan Law School have published figures on how many of their 2010 LPC graduates had secured employment in the legal profession.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority will investigate the impact caused to firms by the criminal legal aid fee cuts because of fears that too many firms collapsing will have a heavy toll on the legal profession.

If you're in need of application advice, the LawCareers.Net Oracle will be available on 25 January with a special pre-deadline Twitter session.

The Bar Council and Bar Standards Board have confirmed that there were 335 newly-registered tenancies for 2011-12.

Pro bono charity LawWorks named the winners of its annual awards at a dinner on 23 June at the Law Society.

There's so much content out there about the application process for training contracts, but I do feel there could be more transparency about what a trainee solicitor actually does. This video should hopefully give you an insight into the key skills I've had to display straight away as a trainee solicitor.

At our LawCareersNetLIVE Virtual event on 10 and 11 December 2024, the panel of trainee solicitors provided insight into their experiences of the law firm application process, what being a trainee is really like and their advice for prospective candidates. A representative from The University of Law was also on hand to answer questions about postgraduate study and employability.

LawWorks and the Bar Pro Bono Unit have teamed up to launch a fundraising competition for law school students – the Law School Challenge 2012.

The Bar Standards Board decided last week that despite software problems with the pupillage portal, which left a handful of applicants with incomplete applications, the date from which pupillages could be formally offered would not be deferred.

International firm Clyde & Co has become the latest law firm to embrace socially responsible marketing by partnering with social enterprise organisation Change Please for its free coffee giveaways at this year’s university law fairs. 

Cardiff Law School will be offering the GDL from September 2012, subject to validation by the SRA.

Senior judges in the criminal courts have been criticised for ignoring “very modest requests” to adopt email and sitting hours protocols to improve barristers’ wellbeing.

LawCareers.Net is pleased to announce the launch of its brand-new awards microsite, which highlights the exceptional work that firms do in their training and recruitment processes.