A key stepping stone to securing a training contract can be taking part in an assessment centre. Here are some key tips for success in the most common types of assessment centre task.

I was inspired to write this article by the book The Squiggly Career by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, and the Squiggly Careers podcast.

Market led mechanisms versus statutory controls - how have tenants been getting more choice and flexibility in commercial lease terms?

Completing life as a student should lead to a sigh of relaxation, but often it’s an incredibly stressful time of job hunting in a very saturated market. Having just gone through the process myself, here are my most vital tips that helped me to land a job.

What are brands doing to join the sustainability movement?

Having recently completed the Bar course and successfully passing it, I’ve compiled what I believe to be the most vital tips for prospective Bar students.

The UK has agreed a “flexible” Brexit extension with the European Union that will now run until October, although Brexit can still happen earlier if Parliament can agree a withdrawal deal. In theory, the delay enables the Conservative and Labour leaders to keep on negotiating to find a way forward, while fantasists of all political stripes will use the extension to continue pursuing their own rigid versions of Brexit.

Now that I’m a week into being a graduate (I know, I can’t believe it either!), I feel that I've got a few bits of advice which fellow students could benefit from – from the art of picking a comfortable outfit, to the organisation skills required to get a robe.

Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells are the first two firms to plan to integrate a new contextual recruitment tool in their online application systems, in time for the 2015-16 graduate recruitment season.

The Bar Standards Board has questioned the appropriateness of allowing wannabe barristers more than a single attempt at passing the soon-to-be-implemented Bar course aptitude test.

As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the London branch of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, President Nick Hanning called for the legal professions to work together to implement the recommendations of the Legal Education and Training Review.

Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a new internship programme offering graduates with autism a chance to work at the firm for eight weeks.

BARBRI and Damar Training are urging the government to consider the impact that withdrawing levy funding for some level 7 programmes could have on access to the legal profession.

The ethical considerations of being a barrister are not being taught to Bar students because so much learning time is devoted to preparing for the “massive memory test” that is their exams, according to a senior lecturer and former barrister. 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority remains confident that the Legal Services Education and Training Review will be ready to report by its original deadline of December 2012, despite earlier concerns that the review would overrun.

Multinational firm DWF Group plc will no longer set specific A-level/Scottish Highers requirements for training contract applicants, as the firm continues its drive to attract a more diverse range of candidates and increase social mobility in the legal profession.

The Bar Council has launched a new website Become-a-barrister.com which aims to promote social mobility in the profession and dispel the myth that the career is only open to those from privileged backgrounds.

The Legal Education Foundation has announced the appointment of two new governors, while confirming that its latest round of grants total over £500,000.

More flexible pathways to qualifying as a solicitor and "rigorous standards" are at the heart of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s reform programme, its director of education and training has said.