Baker McKenzie has become the latest firm to reinstate newly qualified (NQ) lawyers’ salaries to pre-pandemic levels, after a reduction of 3% last June. Meanwhile, Irwin Mitchell is expecting to open its 15 offices at 50% capacity from 21 June. 

Over 60 law firms have this year’s Guardian UK 300, which lists the best UK employers for people seeking their first graduate jobs. 

The Times recently released its Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality list, with the likes of Addleshaw Goddard, TLT LLP, Linklaters LLP and DWF Group Limited, among other law firms, named on the list.

Just as the solicitors' profession has a 'magic circle' of law firms, so too does London's commercial Bar. 

Browne Jacobson LLP recently launched its innovative mentoring programme REACH (Race, Equality and Cultural Heritage), which is aimed at aspiring Black lawyers.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s detailed approach to financial penalties has come under fire from the Law Society. In particular, the penalties to link new fining powers to firms’ and individuals’ income have been deemed “unclear and unreliable”.

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) published proposals as part of a consultation to redirect interest earned on lawyers’ client accounts into the MOJ’s budget. Law Society of England and Wales President Mark Evans criticised the plan, stating: "Firms will close, fees will rise and clients will be impacted if the MoJ goes ahead with the proposal.”

An innovative online barristers’ business offering a “reimagined” Bar without physical chambers has received £10 million in private equity investment.

The justice secretary, Michael Gove, has said that rich lawyers and firms should do more to make justice available for all following the removal of access to justice for most of the public by his government’s legal aid cuts.

The Law Society is in support of a five-point pathway of tangible steps to boost social mobility and break the City’s ‘class ceiling’ following a report from the City’s Socio-Economic Diversity Taskforce.

What changes does phase one of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 have on the private rented sector? 

How will the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 reshape the regulatory landscape for e-commerce and digital service providers in the UK?

John Wick – arguably the best action movie series of recent times, but, did you know that there are points that aspiring lawyers can take away from it? Just not the over-the-top violence, obviously!

How should employers deal with dyslexia in the workplace in accordance with the Equality Act 2010?

How are developments in ‘fire safety’ impacting the construction industry?