The Legal Aid Agency has been criticised for adding to funding problems which have created “advice deserts” around the UK by setting a maximum £35 case fee for immigration telephone advisers.

The number of solicitors leaving larger law firms to join smaller players has increased in the past three years, according to research by LexisNexis.

Baroness Berridge calls for more support for jurors who must listen to “graphic” evidence. This follows a 10-month trial, which raised questions about why judges – but not jurors – are offered counselling.

Staff at Stephenson Harwood LLP can work from home permanently in return for a 20% pay cut, as part of the firm’s new remote working policy which is set to be enforced this month. 

The winner of the Future Legal Mind Award 2020 has been announced as law student Joseph Kelen, who wowed the prestigious competition’s judges with an entry arguing for reforms to laws on homelessness.

There are four main types of university degree – arts, sciences, languages and business – and each trains students in a set of skills which are highly transferable to law.

BPP University officially opened its family law clinic on 16 October following a successful pilot scheme which helped dozens of Londoners through the legal issues surrounding separation, divorce and child access arrangements.

Following UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement last Thursday, junior barristers have said that the support package for self-employed people unable to work because of coronavirus measures is “woefully insufficient” and has advised the Bar Council to challenge the government’s criteria.

Companies must comply with equal pay law as new rules force those in breach of legislation to evaluate pay structure to prevent further violations.

DWF is to become the first law firm to list on the London Stock Exchange after confirming its plans to float on Thursday.

The recent LawCareers.Net Trainee Survey has revealed that 81% of respondents used either LawCareers.Net or The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook, or both, as part of their hunt for a job.

Universities and law schools are providing similar law degree courses instead of making the most of their freedom to design a range of options for students to choose from, a new report has claimed.

A report by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has argued that the UK legal market should address its over-capacity by cutting 5% of solicitor jobs.

The College of Law's new two-year LLB, which focuses on boosting students' employment prospects and professional skills, will launch this autumn at the CoL's Birmingham, Chester, Guildford and London Bloomsbury centres.

As Black Friday looms (and the proponents of Civilised Saturday attempt to provide an alternative), retailers will be hoping for some big spending, especially in light of news that sales on the UK high street in October were significantly down.

At the recent CILEx awards, honouring excellence in study, practice and practical training, Bond Dickinson won the award for CILEx Employer of the Year Award in relation to its apprenticeship programme.

The London Borough of Hillingdon has appointed four school leavers as legal assistant apprentices in its legal services department.

The legal profession had its biggest turnout yet at the London Legal Walk earlier in May.

The Law Society has voted in favour of putting forward to the Legal Services Board the SRA’s application to become a designated Alternative Business Structures licensing authority.