Labour has announced its spending plans for the justice sector at its annual conference, pledging £74 million to reverse cuts to legal aid and train more community lawyers.

Associates are considering leaving their firm due to feeling “underappreciated”, a new survey by Thomson Reuters has found.

Eleven interns have started their six-week paid internship at the Law Society of England and Wales, as it continues to participate in the #10000BlackInterns initiative. 

The Solicitors’ Charity, an organisation that supports the wellbeing of solicitors and their dependents, won Charity Collaboration of the Year at the Association of Charitable Organisations (ACO) Annual Awards 2025 for its long-running partnership with mental health charity LawCare.

Lawyers working in London are continuing to see their salaries rise year on year, according to a recent salary survey by international consultancy company Robert Walters.

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A law career can take you into a variety of sectors. Four years ago, I moved into the complex, everchanging world of defence technology and the transition to this world of futuristic concepts has been an eye opener. The defence industry is about so much more than bullets and guns.

Ropes & Gray International LLP has expanded its ‘TrAIlblazers’ initiative to Europe, giving junior lawyers the ability to spend 20% of their billable hours on hands-on AI exploration.

A report by the Law Society has argued that law firms are improving on diversity matters, though further progress is still required.

Aspiring solicitors can now apply for the 2020 cohort of the Diversity Access Scheme (DAS) which is run by the Law Society and supports people from low socioeconomic and disadvantaged backgrounds on their path to becoming a lawyer.

Merger and acquisition activity in the UK legal sector has fallen to its lowest level in a decade. 

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. 

Members of the legal profession celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday, highlighting the achievements of women on social media. This year’s theme, #BreakTheBias, is about living in “a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination.” 

The body representing junior lawyers has called for greater scrutiny of decisions made by the legal profession’s ‘super regulator’ after the Solicitors Qualifying Exam was approved amid widespread criticism.

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The London managing partner of Jenner & Block LLP, Christine Braamskamp, has updated the law firm’s parental leave policy to promote equal opportunities for both women and men.

The Bar Council, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and the Law Society have issued guidelines to lawyers on how best to cope with the increasing number of people who represent themselves in court.