Amicus runs various volunteer placement programmes.

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.

Some 70% of first-six pupil barristers in 2011-12 enrolled on the BPTC without having secured pupillage, according to the joint annual report made by the Bar Council and the Bar Standards Board earlier this month.

I know the legal profession can be demanding and competitive, so how do I avoid burnout at work?

Staff at the magistrates’ court are set to begin a nine-day strike from the 10th to the 18th of September, adding to existing disruption in the UK’s criminal justice system. 

Finalists have been announced for the prestigious National Paralegal Awards, which set out to find the best paralegals in the UK and businesses that support the legal industry.

Demonstrate that you take being green seriously by getting your hands on a copy of this year’s verdant edition of The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook, enrobed in this year’s most on-trend colour.

Facial recognition technology recognises an individual's identity by examining images of their face. It’s easy to think of the advantages, such as aiding law enforcement to track down suspects when the photos of their faces from surveillance cameras are provided.