A team from the University of Law's Manchester centre has won the fourth annual DAC Beachcroft Mooting Shield.

The Law Society has invited law students, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and other junior lawyers to enter its annual Graham Turnbull essay competition, which this year is on the topic of human rights.

Paralegals will regulated for the first time through a voluntary scheme which it is hoped will prove their credentials to wary employers and members of the public.

Magic circle law firm Allen & Overy’s targets to reduce its absolute annual global carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

International firms Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells are moving to encourage more experienced women lawyers who are on extended career breaks to return to practice.

An interim deal has been agreed between the Ministry of Justice and barristers over a fee dispute, which had disrupted complex fraud trials.

The Law Society recently celebrated International Women's Day with a speed networking event, but within the context of a warning that women solicitors are still not "making it as far as the boardroom in their legal careers".

The Government Legal Service, which is offering opportunities to trainee solicitors and pupil barristers, has been promoted by Attorney General Dominic Grieve to university career advisers.

The College of Law (CoL) has been appointed as the preferred provider of the Professional Skills Course (PSC) for Accutrainee, the legal training organisation.

The London Legal Support Trust is celebrating 10 years of work with legal advice centres, as it plays host to a ‘dazzling decade’ party in October.

Bridging the Bar’s (BTB) 2024/25 Academy is set to begin in September, with the aim of increasing diversity at the Bar by preparing 100 aspiring barristers from non-traditional backgrounds for pupillage applications.

The overlap between the legal and commercial world continues to grow, as BPP Law School announces a 15-week programme for LPC and BPTC graduates to enter their training contracts and pupillages with a master’s qualification in business, launching in January 2012.

With London’s free legal advice centres closing at the rate of one a month towards the end of 2011, the London Legal Support Trust is planning to hold several events in 2012 to raise funds to prevent further closures throughout the year.

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Law firms and lawyers have a “collective responsibility” to reduce the pressure people feel to drink alcohol at social and networking events, the body representing junior solicitors has said.

The four-day weekend looms and while it’s hard to imagine doing anything much other than gorging on chocolate and hot cross buns, it’s also an opportunity to catch up on some light reading. 

The Bar Council is moving the timetable of the Pupillage Gateway application system so that it will open in January instead of April from now on, starting in January 2017.

The legal advice centre run by Nottingham Law School has launched a new service to support small businesses, entrepreneurs and charities.