Innovative UK top 20 firm DWF has launched in the French legal services market for the first time through a merger with boutique Paris firm Heenan Paris. 

Riverview Law, the new ABS entrant to the legal services market, is set to offer 10 training contracts and 10 legal apprenticeships this year.

Opportunities for legal apprentices are on offer at Essex Council, following the local authority’s announcement of its new recruitment campaign.

London-based commercial firm Fladgate has agreed an exclusive training partnership with The University of Law. 

The latest round of partner promotions at City firms indicates some progress toward greater gender equality at the top, with women making up a higher number of newly promoted partners than in previous years.

The College of Law is holding a series of open days in October and November at each of its eight UK locations, designed to give students and graduates an insight into what the CoL has to offer and what’s going on in the legal profession.

The Association of Graduate Recruiters has recently published its bi-annual survey, suggesting graduate job vacancies will rise by 17% this summer.

The first two people to have completed the Accutrainee programme have been taken on by the firms at which they trained.

Six lawyers have been promoted to international firm Simmons & Simmons’ global partnership this year, in what is the firm’s smallest promotion round since the 2008 financial crash.

There is a bumper crop of interesting business stories this week, ready for you to read and digest.

The Queen has granted ILEX the Royal Charter - recognition of it being a body that works in the public interest, and that demonstrates pre-eminence, stability and permanence in its field.

Becoming a barrister gives you the chance to embark on one of the most stimulating, varied and exciting careers that there is.

An app has been developed by law students at Manchester University that allows users to find help when legal advice centres are closed.

Reed Smith has revealed plans to make redundancies at its London office, referencing the “prolonged economic uncertainty” caused by the pandemic.

Pay cuts, shorter weeks and furloughing will also be implemented.

The SRA Board has decided that as of 1 August 2014, firms will no longer be obliged to pay trainees a minimum salary that is set by the SRA.

Controversial plans to improve access to the legal profession by forcing law firms and chambers to publish internal diversity and social mobility data on their websites have been approved by the Legal Services Board.

Another week, another set of business stories to keep on top of. Here are just some that you should lavish your attention on.

Weighing in at around 700 pages of useful information, this year’s edition of The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook (TCPH) is finally here, resplendent in eye-catching red. 

The government's exceptional funding scheme for people who have been denied legal aid because of cuts has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.

Barbara Mills KC has been elected as vice chair of the Bar Council 2024.