The Bar Standards Board has published a report on how to improve race equality at the Bar. The report was based on an event the BSB held last month, entitled “Heads Above the Parapet: How can we improve Race Equality at the Bar?”

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives recently held its annual graduation ceremony, with new CILEx members celebrating their new status as qualified lawyers.

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Several law firms, including Clifford Chance and Macfarlanes LLP, have launched a leadership-led, cross-firm collective developed to improve the representation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in the UK legal profession. 

Following a successful launch in 2016, the mentoring scheme run jointly by Browne Jacobson and the law school at Manchester Metropolitan University has been expanded in 2017 to take on a total of 17 undergrad law students.

The limited information published about the recent Solicitors Qualifying Exam stage one pilot means that it is “impossible” to tell whether the new ‘super exam’ will work as intended, the Association of Law Teachers has warned.

Junior barristers are losing out on work thanks to the increasingly widespread tendency among solicitors to pay referral fees to each other and growing number of solicitor advocates, the Bar Council has said.

In the recently released episode of The LawCareers.Net Podcast, LCN teams up with The University of Law to discuss the postgraduate Legal Practice Course.

A freedom of information request made to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has revealed that twice as many women as men are applying to study law in the UK.

Journalist Frances Gibb has launched a new video podcast series in partnership with The University of Law which will see several former Lord Chief Justices open up about their careers at the top of the justice system.              

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Studying at university is a fantastic place to get involved in all different kinds of activity. Trying new activities, joining new societies, learning new languages or playing new sports are just some of the many things that your time at university can involve. With all these opportunities, there is so much that you can learn which will benefit you in future. From developing soft skills, to gaining real life legal experience and showing your charitable spirit, here are three ways you can make a difference in the law itself during university. 

There is currently no unified approach to content moderation on social networking sites; is that set to change?

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Now that I’ve completed all three years of my Law degree and graduated with a first class, I feel suitably experienced to provide some key advice to students starting their university journey this coming September.

As more law schools and universities reveal the fees students can expect to pay for Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses, the Junior Lawyers Division has said that fears that the new ‘super exam’ would fail to drive down the average cost of becoming a lawyer have been confirmed.