The University of Law has secured an exclusive partnership with magic circle law firm Clifford Chance to deliver its Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) courses. 

Are earlier UK IP rights still applicable in the EU?

Applications are now open for LawCareers.Net’s legal careers conferences, LawCareersNetLIVE, taking place in November and December later this year.

The new centralised ‘super exam’ for qualifying solicitors which will replace the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course (LPC) does not amount to a “robust and effective measure of competence” and may end up costing students more than the current system, the University of Law has said.

Have the implications of the sham director scandal been exaggerated?

How do English courts decide the award of damages for loss of chance?

The Co-operative Group's announcement of its intentions to create 3,000 jobs in the legal sector is the latest and clearest sign that alternative business structures are set to have a big impact on the legal profession.

Hogan Lovells has teamed up with three universities to launch a £150,000 bursary scheme to help law undergraduates through their studies.

A new law firm has been launched entirely dedicated to the protection of animal rights. Advocates for Animals, which is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, plans to work for charities and non-governmental organisations and is already supported by the legal charity, the UK Centre of Animal Law.

Global law firm Reed Smith has launched a new programme, Wellness Works, to support the wellbeing of its employees. 

Olympic rowing gold medallist Katherine Grainger CBE will be joining 6,000 members of the legal profession for next month’s London Legal Walk to raise money for the free legal advice sector.

The University of Law is launching a series of new employability events which will help prospective students prepare for their legal careers.

The biggest diversity survey yet to take place in the legal profession has found that privately educated solicitors remain vastly overrepresented in the senior ranks of large firms. 

What’s the likely impact of the changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief that were announced in the autumn 2024 budget?

The Law Society of England and Wales has welcomed the Bar Council’s review into bullying, harassment and sexual harassment at the Bar, commending “the leadership of the Rt Hon. the Baroness Harriet Harman KC and the review team for their thorough and thoughtful work”.

How will the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 reshape the regulatory landscape for e-commerce and digital service providers in the UK?

The ‘standard’ route to qualification that most Scottish solicitors take is to do a four-year undergraduate degree in Scots law, followed by a mandatory one-year course called the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice and finally a two-year ‘traineeship’ at a solicitors’ firm.

What are deferred prosecution agreements and how will they change corporate criminal justice in the United Kingdom?

London School of Economics and Political Science undergraduate Imaan Kamran Malik is due to be recognised at this year’s Student Social Mobility Awards for overcoming socioeconomic challenges to break into the legal profession and her efforts to improve access to the field.