Media and entertainment barristers have clients in a variety of sectors, including theatre, film, music, publishing, broadcasting, sport and advertising.

What is next for the platform gig economy?

The law centre helping victims of the Grenfell Tower fire has had its funding slashed so severely that it is relying on public donations, charitable grants and lawyers choosing to work for free, it has been revealed. 

Oxford Brookes School of Law and The College of Legal Practice have joined forces to offer the law school’s students discounted access to Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses, as well as appropriate guidance and information on the new route to qualifying.

Law firms in England and Wales saw sector-wide growth in 2025, with average annual earnings growing by 11.2% last year, according to the Law Society of England and Wales’ 2026 annual Financial Benchmarking survey. 

Public-spirited lawyers undertaking long, complex cases for free are the only people filling the “gaping holes in the fabric of legal aid”, a High Court judge has said.

Farrer & Co LLP has launched a free training guide for prospective lawyers to improve their commercial acumen – a skill that all law firm recruiters look for in candidates. 

International law firm CMS has launched its ‘next generation’ vacation scheme as part of its CMS Academy programme. 

While acknowledging calls for greater flexibility in the provision of legal training, the Law Society has insisted that the rigorous standards of the current system must be maintained in its response to the latest discussion paper from the Legal Education and Training Review.

The legal industry is bearing witness to a string of mergers taking place this winter as law firms expand their strength and reach ahead of the new year.

Simmons & Simmons has earned the title of most gay-friendly law firm in the United Kingdom for the second year in a row.

To what extent should aspiring solicitors understand the impact of the APR/BPR shake-up?

The Race Fairness Commitment has been adopted by 17 top law firms in partnership with Rare Recruitment as part of their long-term strategies to help recruit, retain and develop black, Asian and minority ethnic talent within the legal profession.

This article aims to cover an important starting point for developing your internal commercial awareness: namely, the differences in how lawyers assist clients with transactional work and litigation.

“No man is above the law and everyone, whatever his condition or rank is, is subject to the ordinary laws of the land.”

The Legal Education Foundation has established the Justice First Fellowship Scheme to boost careers in social welfare law; in the first round of recruitment, seven training contracts will be available with host organisations in England and Scotland.

The Law Society has said that the vote by the UK electorate to leave the European Union has created an “unprecedented and complex range of legal issues”, but that the profession is focused on finding solutions.

The new Solicitors Qualifying Examination could mean that prospective solicitors miss out on key aspects of legal work experience, the Junior Lawyers Division has warned.