City law firm Macfarlanes was the first non-magic circle firm to increase its newly qualified (NQ) lawyer salary in line with the ongoing NQ pay war. 

The delegate fees from this year’s LawCareersNetLIVE conferences will be donated to two legal charities.

In this brand-new LCN podcast episode, LawCareers.Net’s Niamh Gray (they/them) teams up with leading lawyers Danni Davies (Latham & Watkins) and Michael Tushingham (Gowling WLG (UK) LLP) to discuss what it’s like to be LGBTQ+ in the legal industry. 

For this blog post, I thought I would look at some of my role models in the industry right now.

Tax barristers litigate and advise in a wide variety of matters and disputes in which tax issues arise.

Legal technology is becoming an increasingly decisive contributor to the every-day functioning and success of global law firms.

Applications are now open for LawCareersNetLIVE Virtual, which will take place on 1 and 2 December 2020.

Pro bono charity LawWorks named the winners of its annual awards at a dinner on 23 June at the Law Society.

The College of Legal Practice has announced an “innovative” conversion course – a Graduate Foundation in Law programme – designed for non-law graduates who are taking the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) route to qualification. 

Recent law graduates earn less on average than their non-law graduate peers, new research from the Higher Education Statistics Agency has shown.

While there have been revisions of the 1215 Magna Carta throughout history, the continued importance of it will be justified by analysing three supposed effects: the introduction of parliament, procedural advancements on the legal system and finally the substantive impact on the common law.

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A fall in legal sector revenue is set to end the two-year wage war between the City’s top law firms, with lawyers’ salaries likely to plateau or be reversed, legal recruiters have said. 

A ‘kindly tenant’ is a now-defunct oddity in Scots law history, one that I was referred to by a family friend with an interest in the topic.

AI is everywhere these days, and the legal profession is no exception. While tools like ChatGPT may be all the rage for the general public, the legal world has quietly been integrating AI into its operations for years. But in recent times, interest has hit an all-time high.

International human rights law is founded on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which represents the universal protection of inalienable, inherent and fundamental rights and freedoms of everyone.

Legal pro bono charity LawWorks is set to feature in a BBC Radio 4 Appeal fronted by the presenter and comedy writer Clive Anderson this Sunday, 22 January. 

Approximately 75% of junior lawyers have said they wouldn’t join a firm “whose values didn’t match with their own, even if they were offering more money”, a recent survey published by Obelisk Support reveals.