The Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund, which is backed by 18 major law firms, has secured funding for its first cohort of social welfare legal workers to begin their journey to qualifying as solicitors via the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has announced that it’ll be increasing the number of trainees it takes on to 100, an increase of more than 35%. This decision indicates that the magic circle firm remains confident in its practice, despite the current difficult economic climate.