The government's legal aid bill has suffered a third defeat in the House of Lords.

Friends in Law has awarded special recognition to nine barristers’ chambers for the support they give to both the Bar Pro Bono Unit and Free Representation Unit.

“Clarification is needed now on UK entry clearance for people at risk under the new Taliban rule in Afghanistan,” says the Law Society.

In the first year since its transatlantic merger, A&O Shearman reported global revenues of £2.9 billion and a pre-tax profit of £1.1 million.

The role of librarian ranked as the second most common ‘dream job’ among 14,000 people polled by YouGov, to the delight of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians.

The Bar Council has launched a new website Become-a-barrister.com which aims to promote social mobility in the profession and dispel the myth that the career is only open to those from privileged backgrounds.

LLM students at Queen Mary University of London are to take a course in e-disclosure, the first of its kind in the United Kingdom.

Leeds-based firm Walker Morris has announced it will award travel bursaries of £1,000 to three of its future trainees as part of a wider support programme.

A motion has been passed at the Liberal Democrats conference expressing “regret” at the party’s role in making swingeing cuts to the legal aid budget during the 2010-15 coalition government.

A survey run by the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) found that nearly 80% of respondents had gained some unpaid legal work experience, but that fewer than half believed that their experiences had benefited their career prospects.

Nabarro has released its spring retention results and announced that all eight trainees will continue at the firm as newly-qualified solicitors.

Christina Blacklaws has become the 174^th president of the Law Society of England and Wales. She was inaugurated at a ceremony at Chancery Lane, London, on 5 July 2018.

These days, graduate employers tend to look for commercial 'interest' as much as (if not more than) commercial 'awareness'. You won’t be expected to detail every single commercial, political and economic event that has happened over the past few years, but you will likely be expected to demonstrate an interest in business and the broader commercial factors that are likely to affect the firm and its clients.

The number of students enrolling on the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) has unexpectedly risen by 14% after a downward trend emerged over the last four years. 

Pupil barristers will have access to virtual criminal hearings to help them develop their advocacy skills, as part of an observation scheme created by the South Eastern Circuit.

The Law Society’s financial benchmarking survey for 2016 recorded income rises and strong profit margins for mid-sized UK law firms, in what is encouraging news for the sector.

After missing the official start date of 6 October 2011, the SRA will be ready to begin accepting licensing applications for alternative business structures from 3 January 2012.

Magic circle firm Linklaters LLP has informed its lawyers this week that contributions made towards diversity, equity & inclusion can count as chargeable time.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been granted an ABS licence by the SRA, the first of the ‘big four’ accountancy firms to receive one.

The number of people receiving legal aid for family cases which go to court has dropped by 15,000 per quarter as a result of the government’s legal aid cuts, while the number of people receiving family law advice has fallen by 40,000 per quarter for the same reason, the Bar Council has revealed.