The Bar Standards Board is exploring the possibility of enabling students to take extra exam resits in order to be called to the Bar.

Trainees at Lewis Silkin recently organised a sponsored 30-hour, non-stop "spinathon", which took place in the firm's reception on 22 and 23 November.

A merger has been announced between US law firm Perkins Coie and British silver circle firm Ashurst LLP, establishing a transatlantic union that’s expected to generate more than £2 billion revenue and will result in a combined total of 3,000 lawyers across 52 offices in 23 countries.

LawCareers.Net is delighted to announce the nominees for the second annual Student Law Society Awards, sponsored by DWF LLP.

More than 370 CILEX professionals celebrated graduation at Central Hall Westminster in London on Saturday 6 November, which was held by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX).

Clifford Chance and Irwin Mitchell are the latest firms to reveal their gender and ethnicity pay gap figures, with both reporting a decreased gap compared to previous years.

The first Barbie doll was released in 1959 and is seen by many to be one of the most iconic dolls in history… so why's being called Barbie in any capacity so controversial

LawCareers.Net is delighted to announce the nominees for the third annual Student Law Society Awards, sponsored by DWF LLP. There was an overwhelming response from students, with more than 1,700 individual submissions and 41 committee submissions received.

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) has warned the government that work as a criminal legal aid lawyer no longer represents a viable career path, due to a desperate resource crisis in the sector that “threatens the stability of the entire system” at the cost of justice to the consumer.

AI adoption in the legal sector has accelerated over the past year, with software company Clio reporting that 89% of lawyers use it “in some capacity” and 70% saying they began doing so in the past 12 months.

Solicitors in England and Wales will celebrate Black History Month by embracing the ‘Proud to Be’ theme.

Will websites have to remove Facebook’s 'Like' plug-ins?

A ‘kindly tenant’ is a now-defunct oddity in Scots law history, one that I was referred to by a family friend with an interest in the topic.

Irrespective of the different covid-19 summative assessments styles that are implemented across universities, the overarching gist for all ‘timed open book assessments’ is that it sounds easy, but in fact it is quite challenging. Accordingly, here are three tips to help first-year students begin their preparations anew. 

What legal dilemmas are posed by RAAC and 'crumbling' school roofs?

What are the latest financial regulatory challenges affecting UK cryptoasset businesses?

To what extent does the regulation of UK-listed companies protect investors on the stock markets?