The Bar Council and Bar Standards Board have confirmed that there were 335 newly-registered tenancies for 2011-12.

For the second year running, London Metropolitan University has run a “Get into Law” event, aimed at encouraging students from underrepresented backgrounds into both postgraduate study and the legal profession.

On average Black women barristers earn around £19,000 less per annum than their white male counterparts, according to a Bar Council report published at the start of May.

Employment lawyers work across all areas of employment law, including, for example, handling discrimination complaints, staff restructuring and whistleblowing issues.

Macfarlanes has become the third firm to adopt a "CV-blind" policy to combat unconscious bias and elitism in its recruitment.

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.

A specialist aviation barrister will be used in disputes relating to everything from aircraft leasing and insurance to disasters, hijackings and theft.

It is unsurprising that some of the country's strongest agricultural law practices are to be found in rural regions.

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.

The term ‘Islamic finance’ refers to a system of banking that is consistent with sharia law.

This webinar, sponsored by Travers Smith and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, discussed what it’s really like to work in tax law.

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. 

On 25 September 2017 19 legal apprentices started at Gowling WLG as part of the firm’s two-year paralegal apprenticeship programme.

The BBC is opening applications for three in-house training contracts at the beginning of March.