William Allen is a solicitor in the private equity and transactions team. He outlines how his work experience prepared him for a career in law and the opportunities he’s got involved in so far at Ropes & Gray.

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How can regulators protect consumers without stifling the development of automated technologies?

With falling oil prices and the high costs of safety and transportation, why is Shell still set on drilling in the Arctic?

Iffat Hussain outlines the importance of DWF’s early careers programmes, the skills the firm wants to see from candidates in their applications, the assessment centre structure and more!

Antonia Eklund is a qualified barrister at Blackstone Chambers. In this profile, Antonia talks about what attracted her to a career in law, coming to the Bar from non-legal career, and keeping an open mind when choosing practice areas. 

Early talent advisor Ami Disdale offers a window into Taylor Wessing’s vacation scheme and trainee recruitment process, as well as advice on what can let down a candidate’s application. 

There is a long history of lawyers doing pro bono work, going back to medieval times and beyond; for many people, pro bono was the only means to seek redress or justice.

The popularity of podcasts has soared in recent years, with 12.3 million people listening to podcasts each week in the UK, according to the BBC. Here are the 15 podcasts we think all aspiring lawyers should listen to.

EU data protection law has recently seen new standard contractual clauses published: what are they, why were they changed and what does this mean in practice? And what about the UK?

What reforms have been proposed for public sector pensions in response to broad economic and social factors?

Human rights law has long been a popular choice for students and practitioners, with universities increasingly offering human rights modules as part of their law degrees, and ever more firms and chambers boasting specialisms in the field.

From the breaking news regarding the latest ruling over the government’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda to the latest updates on strikes in the NHS, this week we take you through the biggest commercial developments in the UK, with the aim of increasing your commercial awareness.

What will be the effect of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010?

Skye Fenton-Wells explains how Womble Bond Dickinson recruits its future lawyers, what skills they look for and the information you should be including in your applications. Discover how you can be a successful applicant with Skye’s insight.

Eversheds Sutherland’s James Wilson explains the three routes to a training contract at the firm and the practicalities of strengths-based applications.

Commercial awareness is the ability to understand the context in which organisations operate, including their clients, customers and suppliers, as well as the internal and external challenges they currently face and those that may arise in the future.

Earlier this month I did something for the first time in three and a half years: I took a holiday and didn’t do any work at all! No main work, no side work, no writing, no nothing! Just a few days away, doing the things I wanted to do.

What can we do about the energy crisis hitting the UK?