The University of Law has announced that it will be running the Bar Professional Training Course at its Leeds centre from September 2016.

Hill Dickinson has launched the recruitment drive for its third annual intake of legal apprentices.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has appointed Nottingham Law School (NLS) to deliver CPS solicitor apprenticeships across the North of England.

Speechly Bircham and Charles Russell have confirmed that they are in preliminary merger talks.

In what is thought to be a first in the United Kingdom, a High Court claim has been served via Facebook.

The aftershocks of Carillion’s collapse are still being felt a month on, not least by its former employees. Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has taken on Carillion’s in-house legal team, saving the jobs of around 60 specialist paralegals. 

National Student Volunteering Week kicks off on Monday 11 February, celebrating the impact students can make in the not-for-profit sector and looking at issues such as employability and public engagement.

Following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 8 September 2022, all Queen’s Counsel have become King’s Counsel. 

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance is considering rolling out its trainee stress-reducing programme to staff throughout the firm.

Kaplan Law School has today announced that effective September 2014, it will be discontinuing its BPTC course.

International law firm Dechert LLP has introduced mental health ‘first aiders’ among its staff.

An independent study looking at the SRA’s proposed Solicitors Qualification Examination (SQE) has determined that its introduction could lead to both improved diversity and increased social mobility.

As reported in Legal Futures, a best practice code aimed at preventing the biased granting of internships and improving social mobility for underprivileged students has received backing from the Legal Serves Board, Law Society and Bar Council.

Dechert has become the first City firm to sponsor a scholarship for The College of Law's new LLB, which starts in September and lists practice-based learning as its main selling point.

Professional services firm EY has announced that it will be offering training contracts to join its legal services team. EY received an alternative business structure (ABS) licence in 2014, allowing it to increase the size of its legal services team to over 30 people. It expects this figure to double within the next 12 months.

This year’s A-level results have heralded a record number of students securing places on degree courses.

Recently merged Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has been granted approval to provide legal services in Hong Kong and Singapore, further cementing its status as a leading international firm.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is the latest to move permanently away from compulsory office attendance, but national firm Duncan Lewis has bucked the trend of organisations downsizing office space by relocating to central London.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP has opened Nottingham Law School's new Legal Advice Centre, which will support NLS's existing, already much used, clinic.

A consortium of London law schools have announced a one-day 'open access' law fair, designed to bring together law students and graduates from all backgrounds with employers.