The first charity in the UK to provide legal aid to the social care sector has been launched in partnership with leading City law firms.

Applications are now open for the LawCareersNetLIVE careers conferences taking place later this year.

First-year students are increasingly being targeted by top 20 law firms eager to reach the best candidates before their rivals.

The Bar Council has confirmed that the Bar Placement Week, launched seven years ago in London, has been introduced in Leeds and Manchester for the first time.

The accountancy firm KPMG has recently been awarded an alternative business structure licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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The world of alternative business structures continues to buzz with new licences granted and discussion on regulation

The legal sector has been granted almost £1 million of government funding to create 750 apprenticeships by March 2015.

The 10th episode of The LawCareers.Net Podcast was released this week and advises aspiring lawyers on the importance of networking, as well as offering tips on how to approach networking opportunities.

Global firm DWF could soon become the largest UK-based law firm to float on the stock market, its chairman has said.

Top City firms have been preparing to advise their clients on the consequences of the United Kingdom’s potential exit from the European Union.

Further to news last week that Cobbetts planned to go into administration, with DWF intending to buy the ailing firm, the deal has now gone ahead.

This year’s advocacy competition, run by The Times and sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills, has opened for submissions.

The College of Legal Practice has announced the cost of its Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses, which are designed to be more affordable, flexible and accessible than the old route to qualification.   

Law firm A&L Goodbody LLP (ALG) has reopened its headquarters in Dublin, which has been redeveloped by IPUT Real Estate “using best-in-class building techniques, with an emphasis on renewable energy and low-carbon materials”.

The American Bar Association has decided not to accredit foreign law schools, a decision that has been eagerly anticipated for nearly two years.

Immerse yourself this week in some quite depressing economic news – of EU budgetary demands, Tesco's massive hole in its profits and increased government spending.

Expect most news agencies to be preoccupied by the mayoral election today, but there is still lots of commercial news doing the rounds.

A study conducted by a researcher at University of Warwick Centre for Human Rights has revealed that nearly 20% of not-for-profit legal advice centres are planning to charge for their services, as a response to the recent legal aid cuts.

To address the national backlog of cases, earlier in November judges moved hearings from crown courts in Ipswich and St Albans to Cambridge, as well as nearby magistrates' buildings in St Albans and Peterborough.