University students are playing an important role in providing free legal aid as law schools forecast a rise in demand for pro bono support, following unmet need and the ongoing impact of legal aid cuts.

US firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP and global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright have both raised the salaries for their newly qualified (NQ) solicitors in London to £170,000 and £135,000, respectively. 

Baker McKenzie and Travers Smith LLP have become the latest law firms to announce increases in pay for their newly qualified (NQ) lawyers. 

In this brand-new LCN podcast episode, LawCareers.Net’s Niamh Gray (they/them) teams up with leading lawyers Danni Davies (Latham & Watkins) and Michael Tushingham (Gowling WLG (UK) LLP) to discuss what it’s like to be LGBTQ+ in the legal industry. 

Simmons & Simmons has announced that it will donate £2 million to charities to support covid-19 relief efforts worldwide after a strong financial year.

A specialist group of technology experts has been formed at international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills in order to tackle the growing changes that technology is bringing to the legal profession.

Junior partners at City law firm Withers LLP are facing a cash call of up to £42,000, dependent on their seniority, in an attempt to make partners “participate more fully” in the business.  

Major law firms including Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Linklaters, Norton Rose, and Slaughter and May have pledged their support for a new work experience project designed to boost social mobility in the legal profession.

This year’s edition of The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook (TCPH) is finally here. This much-respected resource is the first place you should turn to for help and should be your guide as you search for the legal career that is right for you.

A lack of understanding of the benefits of apprenticeships is limiting take up among employers, according to research by Skills for Justice.

This year’s edition of The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook is now available. This much-respected resource is the first place you should turn to for help and should be your guide as you search for the legal career that is right for you.

This year’s A-level results have heralded a record number of students securing places on degree courses.

The Bar is holding a webinar on 16 September 2015 between 1:00pm and 2:00pm as part of a consultation with the profession and other interested participants on the direction the Bar should take in terms of training would-be barristers.

More than 16,000 walkers joined The Solicitors’ Charity at the 19th annual London Legal Walk – including us!

Members of the Criminal Bar Association are due to vote on whether to replace the current fortnightly strikes with uninterrupted ones as of 5 September.  

Those bereaved and/or injured in the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market will receive free legal advice from a panel of law firms being put together by the Law Society, the pro bono charity LawWorks and the City of London Law Society. 

LawWorks is expanding its pro bono legal advice programme to help more small charities, community groups and social enterprises.

The Westminster Legal Policy forum is taking registrations for its upcoming seminar entitled ‘Innovation in the legal services market - growth, skills and emerging business models’, which is set take place on Tuesday 11 March 2014.