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Funding scheme launched by Inns of Court creates 30 pupillages

Posted on 12 May 2014

The Inns of Court Pupillage Matched Funding Scheme will create 30 pupillages for aspiring barristers, with 15 pupils due to start in both 2014 and 2015.

The discount rate review: fairer compensation or fundamentally flawed?

Posted on 07 November 2017

Will the government’s cut to the discount rate, which determines how much compensation insurers must pay to claimants who have suffered life-changing injuries, amount to a fairer system?

Cassandra Zhou - Can facial recognition be justified?

Posted on 14 October 2022

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.

Max Alexander-Jones - Uber and the Supreme Court

Posted on 08 June 2021

On 19th February 2021, the Supreme Court handed down a judgment which will have enormous ramifications on large swathes of the gig economy.

Sheffield Hallam University creates first student law firm

Posted on 20 February 2019

Sheffield Hallam University has become the first university to set up a fully functioning law firm so that its students can gain work experience during their studies. SHU Law is a not-for-profit alternative business structure that was licensed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in January.

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GROW Mentoring

Posted on 27 March 2023

Osborne Clarke announces SQE partnership with BPP University

Posted on 20 October 2021

Future-focused law firm Osborne Clarke LLP has selected BPP University Law School as its education provider of the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

Shakespeare Martineau welcomes its first cohort of solicitor apprentices

Posted on 06 October 2025

Leading law firm Shakespeare Martineau has become the latest law firm to support and introduce solicitor apprentices as a route to qualification, welcoming its first cohort onto their six-year journey.

South Westminster Legal Advice Centre

Posted on 30 March 2023

A busy legal advice centre helping those who live or are employed in the City of Westminster and surrounding postcodes.

Majority of Bar pupils in 2011-12 enrolled on BPTC without having landed a pupillage

Posted on 15 April 2014

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.

upReach

Posted on 23 January 2024

Do you want to get a head start on your graduate career, gain professional skills, and secure exclusive work experience opportunities in the legal sector? Then

How to make a good impression on your training contract

Posted on 23 July 2024

I start my training contract in September and was wondering how I can make a positive impression and stand out from the crowd. Also, what should I aim to achieve in each seat?

How can young lawyers avoid burnout?

Posted on 13 June 2023

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

Anna Wicks - Climate obligations now a legal duty

Posted on 13 October 2025

On 23 July 2025, in a decision that’s already being called historic, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its long-awaited advisory opinion on states’ obligations in relation to climate change. The key takeaway being states can’t sit on their hands while the planet burns. Failing to act on climate change can now amount to an internationally wrongful act, with real legal consequences.

Undergraduate degree

It’s not necessary to have a law degree to become a lawyer.

Supreme Court will open up and diversify when current judges retire, says Neuberger

Posted on 25 November 2016

The president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, has announced measures to diversify the roster of Supreme Court judges as upcoming retirements create vacancies over the next couple of years.

Future pupillage offers to shrink under covid-19 pressures according to BSB

Posted on 14 September 2020

The number of pupillages being offered is likely to shrink as covid-19 forces chambers to defer recruitment, the Bar Standards Board revealed in a recent report.

Pupillage Gateway opens for browsing; live apps from 1 April

Posted on 09 March 2015

The Pupillage Gateway has opened for browsing on 4 March.

A changing legal profession

Big changes are sweeping the legal profession - not least to the ways in which you can become part of it and how you will be trained once you get there.