Five City law firms feature in gay rights charity Stonewall’s LGBT Global Workplace Equality Index for 2017. 

For the first time, an openly gay judge has been appointed to the most senior civil judicial position in England and Wales.

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 Westminster Legal Policy Forum is holding its keynote seminar on innovation in legal services in Whitehall, central London on the morning of 19 March.

Several City firms, including DAC Beachcroft, Osborne Clarke and Eversheds Sutherland, are repaying the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme money they received from the government to help them weather the effects of the pandemic.

Several firms have been shortlisted for honours at the National Council for Work Experience Awards 2013, now in their 10th year.

The newly qualified (NQ) solicitor ‘pay war’ continues as Linklaters LLP and Allen & Overy LLP each increase NQ lawyer salaries to £125,000 to match magic circle counterparts Clifford Chance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

The Cooley UK Diversity Fellowship is a unique opportunity for students who demonstrate a commitment to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion to gain valuable insights about a career in law with Cooley, with the opportunity to participate in Cooley’s summer programme a year sooner than students are typically eligible to participate.

Three firms are now taking applications for training contracts and vacation schemes through the Apply4Law online application system, while a fourth – Kingsley Napley – has opened applications for training contracts only.

Research carried out by recruitment consultancy Robert Walters has suggested that there has been renewed growth in the legal jobs market.

The new Pupillage Gateway is due to go live today, Friday 1 March, at 11:00am.

The Co-operative Group launched its family law operation on 20 September, further evidence of the crucial role this organisation is playing in the post -Legal Services Act world.

Following criticism from solicitors and the justice secretary, the Law Society has withdrawn its guidance to solicitors on how to legally prepare wills so that they obey Sharia succession rules.

Queen Mary, University of London has become the first university in the United Kingdom to offer a postgraduate qualification which specialises in insurance law.

Fiona Woolf CBE, the corporate lawyer recently appointed as the new lord mayor of the City of London, has been announced as The University of Law chancellor.

The University of Roehampton is launching a law school, with plans to recruit its first LLB intake for a 2015 start.

Following the Legal Education Foundation’s announcement of funding for seven new social welfare law training contracts earlier this month, the charity has also revealed its intention to extend the scheme to the Bar Professional Training Course graduates.

Women solicitors are less likely than men to pursue partnership at their firms, according to a career satisfaction survey of over 3,000 lawyers.

Junior lawyers, with support from the Law Society, have announced that they will focus once again on the campaign for a minimum trainee salary.

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.