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Travers Smith is encouraging staff to use ‘safe-words’ to call out inappropriate language in the office.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s online enrolment application system is now open to students wishing to commence the Legal Practice Course in 2013.
The winner of the Bar Pro Bono Award 2016 has been announced as John Collins of Zenith Chambers.
The total number of training contracts on offer has decreased by 10.5% in the last year.
The application process for seven social welfare law training contracts, organised through The Legal Education Foundation (TLEF) is currently in full swing.
The Government Legal Department (GLD) has warned that its lawyers face serious capacity challenges as they work on Brexit, which will be additional to the full range of legal services that they already provide in all areas of government.
One of the United Kingdom’s oldest firms, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, has merged with Canadian firm Gowlings to create an international firm boasting over £400 million in annual revenue.
The Bar Standards Board has hosted another debate about the future of training to be a barrister, as part of its Future Bar Training consultation.
Lucy Scott-Moncrieff was inaugurated as the new president of the Law Society at its annual general meeting on 5 July.
Simmons & Simmons has once again been rated as the most gay-friendly law firm in the United Kingdom in the annual league table produced by the charity Stonewall.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has published a report on the possible impact of Brexit on law firms.
Watson Farley & Williams has asked its September 2013 trainee intake to consider deferring their training contracts for a year, sweetening the deal with an offer of £5,000 for those who decide to do so.
Legal Week reports that both Linklaters and Allen & Overy have announced a freeze on associate pay bands for the 2011-12 financial year.
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) has launched an enquiry into whether paralegals can meet the future needs of the legal services market.
Legal Futures is running a conference focusing on the challenges facing lawyers and the range of responses to them.
From motoring offences and juvenile misdemeanours, to fraud and regulatory breaches, to extremely serious crimes such as murder, abuse and terrorism – London’s crime sets handle just about every kind of violation you might imagine.
The University of Law's Moorgate centre hosted a delegation from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam earlier this month.
Global firm DWF could soon become the largest UK-based law firm to float on the stock market, its chairman has said.
The Junior Lawyers Division has launched its annual essay competition for its student, paralegal and trainee members.
US law firm Milbank LLP has published its year-end bonus figures for its associates, which will be between $15,000 (£12,000) and $115,000 (£90,000) depending on their experience level.
