Global legal training provider QLTS School revealed its Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses earlier in the week. The SQE is the new centralised assessments, which will be introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in September 2021.

Global law firm DWF Group Limited has partnered with technology business Stellar Omada through its 5 STAR Futures programme, a social mobility initiative DWF runs to inspire young people to explore careers in law and technology.

What should a business bear in mind when it comes to consumer rights?

From a young age, I knew that I wanted to attend university and pursue a career which was intellectual and challenging. However, messages that I had internalised – that my sexual orientation was ‘bad’ – and a vast lack of LGBTQ+ role models were barriers. My only lesbian ‘role models’ were celebrities, and as a result, I had a hard time imagining how ‘someone like me’ could achieve highly in the career path that I desired.

Attending a law firm’s open day, insight scheme or presentation is a great way to meet lawyers and recruiters, and gain valuable insights that’ll improve your applications. Read our five tips to help you prepare and make a good impression on the day.

Are you looking to qualify as a solicitor in Ireland? This Feature guides you through each step of the qualification process – from exams to in-office experience and final admission to the Roll of Solicitors.

Is open banking positively disruptive?

Attending a law firm’s open day, insight scheme or presentation is an excellent way to meet lawyers and recruiters, and gain valuable insights that’ll improve your applications. Read our five tips to help you prepare and make a great impression on the day.

Attending a law firm’s open day, insight scheme or presentation is a great way to meet lawyers and recruiters, and gain valuable insights that’ll improve your applications. Read our five tips to help you prepare and make a good impression on the day.

Are you looking to qualify as a solicitor in Ireland? This Feature guides you through each step of the qualification process – from exams to in-office experience and final admission to the Roll of Solicitors.

Attending a law firm’s open day, insight scheme or presentation is a great way to meet lawyers and recruiters, and gain valuable insights that’ll improve your applications. Read our five tips to help you prepare and make a good impression on the day.

The new Victims and Court Act has opened the door for more CILEX lawyers to become crown prosecutors – a move that could help “alleviate shortages and tackle the massive backlogs we are facing in the criminal courts”, according to CILEX (The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) President Sara Fowler.

The American Bar Association has created a task force to address how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect legal practice, with a focus on six “critical” issues, including AI and legal education, and AI and access to justice. 

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Commonhold ‘reformation’ – is this a holistic fix for a broken and outdated leasehold system, as formulated by the government in its recent Commonhold White Paper?

Ravi Pattani, partner at Reed Smith, explains what makes a successful application, the work of a corporate lawyer and how sector agnostics his matters are, and his advice for budding solicitors.  

Economists’ ideal market – known as ‘perfect competition’ – would operate something like a large town square full of fruit and vegetable stalls. Prices would be clearly visible to consumers and one stall’s products would be very similar to the next, making it unlikely that one seller would set a higher price than their neighbour.