BPP University has been named Education Investor Higher/Professional Education Provider of the year 2013 by a panel that included the Department of Education, Universities UK and the Confederation of British Industry.

Barking and Dagenham Council has become the first council to take on solicitor apprentices in-house.

I’d always wanted to pursue a career in the law, despite initially choosing to study English at university. After a year, I changed paths to study a law degree, even though it meant I had to complete my first year again.

Has anyone else reached the point of the university year where your workload is so unmanageable that the only thing you do instead of facing it is watching TV? No? Just me? If you are looking for a way to salve your conscious as you turn your back on the hundreds of pages of reading you haven’t done yet (and which you promise yourself you will catch up on over Christmas), I would recommend watching something that is (however loosely) based around the law in some way. 

Horwich Farrelly has recruited 18 new apprentices – nearly double the amount it took on last year. The firm’s two-year apprenticeship scheme was one of the first to launch in the United Kingdom.

The Government Legal Service, which is offering opportunities to trainee solicitors and pupil barristers, has been promoted by Attorney General Dominic Grieve to university career advisers.

As my bio probably reveals, my name is Celine and I'm a current English undergraduate student at University College London or UCL (although not for much longer!).

We’re delighted to have won two awards at LawCareers.Net’s Student Law Society Awards: ‘Best at student engagement’, sponsored by TLT LLP, and ‘Best law society overall’.

Qualifying work experience (QWE) is one of the four requirements needed to qualify as a solicitor via the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

Thursday 20 January 2022 is the first results day for part one of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). Candidates who sat SQE1 in November 2021 received their results at 3:00pm today via their SQE candidate accounts. 

The winners of the 2023 National Accident Helpline’s Future Legal Mind competition have been revealed, with Emily Eastburn-Pentreath taking the title for the postgraduate category and Stephanie Anais becoming the latest undergraduate winner. 

As universities plan to hike tuition fees, some firms are to review the financial assistance on offer to their future trainees.

The University of Law has announced a new payment option, allowing full-time postgraduate students to pay by monthly direct debit.

European law firm Fieldfisher has partnered with global architecture and design firm Gensler to provide paid summer internships for students from Queen Mary University of London with disabilities or long-term health conditions. 

I’m in my 40s and thinking about retraining as a solicitor, but is there any point? I have heard that recruitment focuses on young graduates.

If you’re like many law students, you’re currently in limbo between the end of second year and waiting to start the final year of your undergraduate degree. So, what should you do to prepare for your last year and the modules that you’ve chosen?

Mooting is one of the best things you can do to get a sense of what it's like to be a legal advocate, giving you the opportunity to get up on your feet and argue your case. It is also an impressive addition to any CV, whether you’re pursuing a career as a barrister or solicitor.

Does the idea of interesting and varied work, an excellent salary and a good work/life balance appeal? Becoming an in-house lawyer could be your perfect vocation. We spoke to those in the know including several qualified in-house lawyers about what it means to work at the very heart of your client.