Leading diversity and inclusion organisation Aspiring Solicitors has launched a charity to provide financial relief to aspiring lawyers in England and Wales.

Aspiring Solicitors, launched in November 2013 by former Norton Rose Fulbright associate, Chris White, has recently gained support from a number of high-profile law firms.

The Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) annual report has revealed that 56% of candidates passed the January 2024 SQE1 sitting – an increase on the January 2023 sitting (51%). 

Law Training Centre has become the latest training provider to reveal details of new online courses designed to prepare students for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

Justice for All is holding a public rally today (3 June) to mark a Day of Action opposing the government's changes to legal aid.

A “more prescribed” approach is required to ensure that all newly qualified barristers receive good support and guidance from their assigned ‘qualified person’, research by the Bar Standards Board has concluded.

The bitter legal battle over the introduction of employment tribunal fees is set to end soon as the verdict on a Supreme Court hearing is considered. 

With London’s free legal advice centres closing at the rate of one a month towards the end of 2011, the London Legal Support Trust is planning to hold several events in 2012 to raise funds to prevent further closures throughout the year.

The legal profession’s use of the ‘BAME’ label to group Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic lawyers has been criticised by chair of the Bar Council, Derek Sweeting QC.

Thousands of high street and sole practitioner firms are likely to close within six months due to the covid-19 crisis, according to new Law Society research.

Metro Bank has become one of the first in-house legal teams in the financial services sector to support aspiring solicitors through the Solicitors Qualifying Examination on their way to qualification.

BARBRI has announced the innovative funding initiative, BARBRI Bridges, to support and enhance diversity inclusion and wider access to the legal sector.

The charity LawCare has urged the solicitors’ profession to change its culture after a junior solicitor who had committed dishonesty offences was allowed to continue practising because her firm had failed to support her when she began showing signs of anxiety and stress. 

Is big tech too powerful for competition law to tame?

Pogust Goodhead sparks new movement in the salary war among City law firms, following an agreement with a US fund manager that could see the firm’s junior lawyers earn up to £2 million each over three years. 

The nominees for the 10th annual Student Law Society (SLS) Awards have been revealed.

Reinsurance: who insures the insurers?

What forms the basis of UK energy policy?

If you’re lucky enough to still be a student like me, then chances are that your Easter break has just begun – yay! As a lover of lists, here are my suggestions for items to add to your to-do list this holiday.