The Bar Standards Board has published a report on how to improve race equality at the Bar. The report was based on an event the BSB held last month, entitled “Heads Above the Parapet: How can we improve Race Equality at the Bar?”

Today, the government officially launched a significant consultation on criminal legal aid, with the aim of addressing the legal aid crisis.

Today, the government officially launched a significant consultation on criminal legal aid, with the aim of addressing the legal aid crisis.

More than a hundred aspiring solicitors were unable to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Examination on Thursday 21 July 2022 due to an IT issue at the Hammersmith test centre. The tests have now been rescheduled and students, who had spent over five hours in the test centre, have been offered a refund.

The outstanding achievements of professionals across the legal sector have been celebrated by the Law Society.

Now a decade old, the annual National Apprenticeship Week begins today, 6 March, with a host of events planned around the country. 

International law firm Reed Smith has joined forces with BPP Law School to launch a bespoke MA qualification, to be piloted in September 2012, which integrates the LPC with business learning.

As the Investigatory Powers Bill (otherwise known as the snoopers’ charter) continues to be debated in parliament, amendments have been proposed in the House of Lords to ensure that legal professional privilege, which is fundamental to any decent justice system, is protected.

As February draws to a close, and spring is just moments away, let the metaphor of burgeoning life and a fresh new season encourage you to grow your commercial knowledge.

As national elections of all varieties continue to dominate headlines, there is still space for those all-important economic stories. In fact, more often than not, the political and business worlds are inextricably linked. For a variety of both, read on.

The value of the planned new Solicitors Qualifying Examination which all solicitors would have to pass in order to qualify has been questioned in the House of Lords.

The Co-operative Group has pulled out of a £750 million deal to buy 632 high street branches from the Lloyds Banking Group.

Like the autumn term at university, the news is moving fast. Here is this week’s rundown of the commercial stories you really need to know.

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The president of the Law Society, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, has given evidence to the Justice Select Committee of MPs setting out the disastrous consequences that would result from the government’s plans to further cut legal aid.

The government’s £1 billion courts modernisation project will be probed again by MPs, it was announced yesterday.

Pass rates for the Legal Practice Course vary from 100% at two universities to just 37% at the lowest performing provider, according to the latest statistics gathered by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

The University of Law and the American Bar Association are holding an International Legal Education Summit at ULaw’s London Moorgate centre on Saturday 19 October.

Herbert Smith Freehills and The Times are running their annual student advocacy competition, with submissions due by 22 July 2013.