Publicly listed firm Gordon Dadds is in merger talks with Ince & Co, which if successful will create a major new international law firm.

Aspiring barristers can win up to £4,000 via the Bar Council’s Law Reform Essay Competition, sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarships Trust.  

Multinational law firm Linklaters has told its solicitors that they can work from home for up to 50% of their working hours “indefinitely”.

The Law Society is taking to the road with a Question Time-style show, designed to raise awareness among the profession about the opportunities and challenges in 2011 and beyond.

Legal Futures is running a conference focusing on the challenges facing lawyers and the range of responses to them.

A recent survey of partners and senior decision-makers at legal practices nationwide has concluded that the recession has run its course for the majority of firms.

The Bar Standards Board will work with CILEx Law School to offer training on the English legal system to its support staff.

Over 500 new law firms are expected to launch in 2020, according to a specialist law consultancy firm.

The 15-strong intake of trainee solicitors at Knights LLP have all been recruited from the firm’s paralegal workforce.

Magic circle firm Slaughter and May will reinstate partner pay after it was put on hold following the outbreak of covid-19.

On 25 September 2017 19 legal apprentices started at Gowling WLG as part of the firm’s two-year paralegal apprenticeship programme.

Following the encouraging retention figures released by several firms in January, more big names have disclosed their retention rates for March 2012.

The Bar Council has published its new guide on barristers’ shared parental leave, in which it urges chambers to do more than the bare minimum required to support tenants who become parents or carers. 

The support charity LawCare has recently published its review of 2013, revealing that almost one in five lawyers complaining of stress are being bullied in the workplace.

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The University of Law has recognised the commitment and service of former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith QC, PC and legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg with honorary degrees at a ceremony in London.

The successes of legal professionals and firms were recognised at the Law Society Excellence Awards, held earlier this month at the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster.

As part of the Sound Off For Justice campaign, three London black cabs have been transformed into mobile ‘sound-off’ booths in which residents of the capital can speak out against the government's plans to cut legal aid.