As Boris Johnson enters Downing Street, The Law Society has called on him to prioritise fixing our justice system and ensure that the legal services sector remains diverse and globally competitive. In this blog, I have fleshed out five things that the legal sector expects from the new Tory prime minister.

Could complying with US border staff requests for access to social media accounts breach UK data protection regulations and client confidentiality obligations? 

US trade sanctions: should non-US reinsurers be running scared?

For those who are thinking of applying to first-year schemes or mentoring schemes, you’ll be thinking about which firms you should apply to.

Should more be done to regulate buy now, pay later services?

How will the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 reshape subscription contracts?

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.

Commonhold ‘reformation’ – is this a holistic fix for a broken and outdated leasehold system, as formulated by the government in its recent Commonhold White Paper?

Find out about DLA Piper’s insight programme and summer internship with Petra Smith, the firm’s graduate recruitment manager.

How have the capital markets been affected by the current economic downturn?

What are the practical elements of selling a business?

What needs to happen to ensure completion runs smoothly?

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.