Nottingham Law School is to launch the United Kingdom’s first dedicated centre for the academic study of advocacy.

Should you use AI in your applications to HFW? How’s the firm adopting the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and what kind of work can you expect to experience on the vacation scheme? All of this and more is covered by HFW’s early careers manager Lucie Rees in this Meet the Recruiter profile.  

A team from The University of Law has won the Annual Mooting Competition, run by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting.

The Law Society has confirmed that it will be running the Diversity Access Scheme for the 2014/15 academic year, which provides financial assistance to outstanding LPC students.

A Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) survey will be sent to all 10,200 SRA-regulated firms in England and Wales regarding their use of technology and innovation.

Magic circle firm Linklaters LLP has informed its lawyers this week that contributions made towards diversity, equity & inclusion can count as chargeable time.

Herbert Smith Freehills, Wragge & Co and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives have released a documentary celebrating diversity in the legal profession in conjunction with the online careers advice hub, www.CareerPlayer.com.

Can former employees take confidential information from their former employer to their new job?

Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP has introduced a four-day in-office work policy, meaning lawyers in the firm’s London office are expected to come into the office at least four days a week. 

The government’s cuts to legal aid have left some areas of the country with no legal aid provision whatsoever, with the unavailability affecting a million people, new research shows.

The Bar Council has said it is “disappointed” in the Bar Standard Board’s decision to scrap the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) because it “no longer […] serves a useful purpose” without making sure there are alternatives in place.

Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP will merge to create a global legal powerhouse after 99% of partners at the firms voted in favour of the deal. 

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a new government guide, which has been designed to lift “the curtain” on the justice system and boost transparency.

Trainees should be paid £23,122 outside of London and £26,068 in London, the Law Society has said as part of the annual minimum salary review.

The Legal Education Foundation, one of the largest legal charitable foundations in the United Kingdom, has announced the first six organisations to be awarded grants.

The publication of the Legal Education and Training Review, the recommendations of which could radically change the ways that legal training is delivered and accessed, has been delayed for the second time this year.

The College of Law is running a series of new Explore Law events aimed at school students who are keen to learn more about what working in the legal profession is like.

The SRA Board has decided that as of 1 August 2014, firms will no longer be obliged to pay trainees a minimum salary that is set by the SRA.

A US law firm which only acts for companies in the cannabis industry is set to launch a UK office, in a move which is bound to put some anti-marijuana campaigners’ noses out of joint.

The College of Law and European law firm CMS Cameron McKenna have together announced the launch of a bespoke Legal Practice Course tailored toward training in international and corporate legal services.