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New research suggests that diversity in the legal profession is improving, with the trend continuing to partner level.
To mark 100 years of International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Law Society is holding a roundtable discussion followed by a networking event.
The University of Law has launched a new full-fees scholarship which will fund one student from a low-income household a year through their studies.
Beyond London, the most active cities are Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, Liverpool, Cardiff, Newcastle and Nottingham.
BT has declared an intention to enter the legal market, via its subsidiary BT Claims, which has applied to the SRA for an alternative business structure licence.
The College of Law, in collaboration with the City Solicitors’ Educational Trust, hosted a forum to investigate the best ways of promoting social mobility in the legal sector on 28 September.
Leading South East firm Cripps and London firm Pemberton Greenish will merge on 1 December to create a leading practice focusing on real estate, private wealth and growing businesses. The merged firm will be ranked in the top 70 of UK law firms with revenues of c£45 million and create a firm of 465 people, including 66 partners.
Most LPC programmes are delivered in two stages.
The Law Society has announced that it will attempt to find new firms for trainees at Dewey & LeBoeuf, which is considering scrapping its UK operations amidst a stream of departures.
Now a decade old, the annual National Apprenticeship Week begins today, 6 March, with a host of events planned around the country.
The College of Legal Practice has launched a Solicitors Qualifying Exam scholarship scheme as part of its commitment to increase access to the solicitor profession.
The SRA began accepting applications from organisations seeking to become alternative business structures yesterday.
To reduce the impact of the barrister strikes, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab plans to challenge barristers’ complete ownership over crown court trials.
The Law Society has attacked the Solicitors Regulation Authority's consultation on the abolition of the minimum salary for trainee solicitors.
Reed Smith recently ran a competition asking students from four universities to submit a video on what they thought the law firm of the future would look like.
Women lawyers are generally earning more than their male peers at the junior stages of their careers, but face earning less than male lawyers as their careers progress, new research from Eversheds has found.
LawCareers.Net's annual reader survey has left one aspiring solicitor £1,000 richer.
Held on Saturday 9 April, the biennial Minority Lawyers Conference brought together high-profile speakers to celebrate the achievements of black and Asian lawyers, and highlight the issues facing the profession in a year of both challenge and opportunity.
A number of City firms have revealed new ethnicity targets in response to the global Black Lives Matter protests.
Due to concerns of a potential coronavirus outbreak, around 1,100 staff at the London office of City firm Baker McKenzie were asked to work from home on Friday 28 February.
