As part of its plan to overhaul the training of barristers, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) is considering both ending the requirement for prospective barristers to join an Inn of Court and the required period of 12 months for pupillages. 

Barristers’ chambers are in talks about downsizing their offices in a bid to cut costs and encourage more remote working, following the coronavirus outbreak. However, there is still a need for physical space for career support and wellbeing, the Bar Council has stressed.

The Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) of the Law Society has called on firms to provide better training and support for trainees to combat high levels of work-related stress in NQs.

The legal super-regulator is to use its powers to coordinate technological innovation in the sector, it has revealed. 

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Middle Temple’s Pupillage Podcast has returned for a second season.

As a part of its efforts to support a sustainable, low carbon economy and reduce emissions by 90%, law firm DWF Group Limited has launched the ‘DWF forest’, in collaboration with carbon market specialists Climate Impact.

New research by employee benefits technology provider Zest showed employees in the UK legal sector were leading calls for greater financial support, with private medical insurance the most in-demand benefit among law firm employees.

According to recent research into Twitter use by the top 50 UK law firms, those that have corporate accounts but fail to use them effectively could be "damaging their brand".

In a bid to ease strain on the court system, divorcing couples will now be forced to undergo mediation before taking their dispute to court when new government proposals come into effect from 6 April.

With the Bar Standards Board having to delay BPTC exams until August, concerns have arisen as to whether students will qualify in time to start pupillage in the autumn.

What happens when a company that is party to legal proceedings is dissolved or wound up during the course of the proceedings?

December 2022 will mark the centenary of the first woman to be admitted to the Law Society as a solicitor. Serious efforts are being made to redress the balance, but law firms continue to be held back by the traditional partnership structure and a working culture that’s stuck in the past. So what needs to change?

Was the ECJ correct in its decision to prevent insurers from charging different premiums on the basis of gender?

EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: what is it and what does it mean for companies? 

How’s modular construction responding to the challenges the construction industry is facing?

Birmingham law firm Shakespeare Martineau LLP is supporting British Muslim charity Mercy Mission UK to launch a mentoring scheme, offering work experience placements to Muslim youth. 

Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) exams will be moved online, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has revealed.

Having delayed exams as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, the BSB recently confirmed that assessments for the BPTC (soon to be replaced by a new range of Bar courses), as well as exams for the Bar Transfer Test, will now take place online in August, with resits scheduled for December.

New statistics revealed in The Solicitors’ Charity Big Report highlighted that in 2022 the charity helped 50% more new clients.