Those bereaved and/or injured in the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market will receive free legal advice from a panel of law firms being put together by the Law Society, the pro bono charity LawWorks and the City of London Law Society. 

The prison population in England and Wales has reached a record high, increasing by nearly 1,000 people in just one month. The number of jail sentences given to individuals involved in recent riots is said to have contributed to this spike.

The prison population in England and Wales has reached a record high, increasing by nearly 1,000 people in just one month. The number of jail sentences given to individuals involved in recent riots is said to have contributed to this spike.

Students are invited to enter the sixth annual essay competition run by The Access to Justice Foundation in association with LawWorks, by submitting an article of between 750 and 1,000 words.

The most recent LawWorks Student Pro Bono Report has revealed that more students than ever before are involved in pro bono work.

The Co-operative Legal Services has entered into a partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University to establish a new learning academy, which will provide legal training that is designed to accommodate current and future changes in the legal profession, including the rise of alternative business structures and non-traditional career paths.

This week, a rare collection of news without any Brexit-related items. Which is not to say that it’s not bubbling away in the background of course, but it’s nice to have a short break from its overt presence.

A free online resource to help lawyers adopt more mentally healthy ways of working has been launched by legal mental health charity LawCare, with expertise provided by the University of Sheffield and the Open University.

If you meet the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) transitional arrangements, meaning you can continue to qualify via the LPC, you should be looking for as much information as possible about the various schools still offering the LPC before you apply.

Addleshaw Goddard saw double-digit growth for the financial year ending April 2024, with turnover growing by 12% on the previous year to £495.6 million.

The SRA's annual equality report has this year shown a small improvement in the diversity of its own employees.

The next generation of City lawyers want more from their prospective employers than high salaries and bonuses, a survey conducted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has found.

One of the few benefits of a summer holiday that feels more like late autumn is that you won’t be tempted to spend all day lying around in the sunshine. Instead, you could cast your eye over this week’s collection of business stories, all designed to help you work on your commercial awareness.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to reintroduce an annual application fee of up to £40 for non-practising solicitors who want to stay on the roll.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre, one of the UK’s first children’s charities, has called for the mandatory provision of an independent advocate enshrined in law for all children and young people receiving or seeking care or support from the state.

Let’s jump straight into our round-up of this week’s big commercial stories you should know about. 

With news this week that Article 50 will be triggered on 29 March, the reality of what a departure from the European Union will mean for the economy is likely to start firming up. 

Promises to publish a review of the impact of legal aid cuts by Justice Secretary David Lidington have done little to raise the spirits of practitioners following the government’s latest fees decision, which slashed the amount of evidence that lawyers are paid to consider in legal aid cases. 

A-level students will be offered virtual work experience at magic circle firm Linklaters, after lockdown saw 18,000 undergraduates enrol on the firm’s digital internship programme.