The time has come for me to leave LCN blogging. It has been an absolutely fantastic experience and a career-building opportunity. Here are my final thoughts for all potential and current law students.

Kaplan Law School has today announced that effective September 2014, it will be discontinuing its BPTC course.

International law firm Jones Day has revealed that it is retaining 100% of its qualifying trainees for a second year running.

Professor Nigel Savage, who oversaw the transition of The University of Law to gaining full university status, was awarded an honorary doctorate at the recent University of Law graduation ceremony.

One magic circle outfit and a trio of US-headquartered firms have revealed how many of their qualifying trainees are being retained as newly qualified solicitors this autumn. 

The prestigious LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards, celebrating the best recruiters and trainers in the UK legal market, are to be held this Wednesday, 8 June.

In his speech to the annual Bar Council conference on 10 November, Bar Council Chair Michael Todd QC lashed out at the over-arching regulatory body.

The annual LawCareers.Net Future Lawyers Survey launches today, seeking to learn more about you, our loyal readers, and what makes you tick.

Law students and law school staff from the University of East Anglia have launched a law clinic to provide free legal advice to members of the local community.

Women and black and ethnic minority (BME) barristers are still badly under-represented in the barristers profession, the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) annual diversity report for 2015 has revealed.

European law firm Fieldfisher has partnered with global architecture and design firm Gensler to provide paid summer internships for students from Queen Mary University of London with disabilities or long-term health conditions. 

Two BPTC students from The City Law School have flown to South Africa to represent the United Kingdom in a disconcertingly timely Commonwealth Student Moot on the legality of nuclear programmes.

London-based firm Cubism Law is launching a new legal apprenticeship programme in partnership with City University London and CILEx Law School.

An independent study looking at the SRA’s proposed Solicitors Qualification Examination (SQE) has determined that its introduction could lead to both improved diversity and increased social mobility.

The Solicitors’ Charity has introduced The Legal Pause, a new podcast focused on promoting solicitor wellbeing across England and Wales.

The most recent LawWorks Student Pro Bono Report has revealed that more students than ever before are involved in pro bono work.

National firm Bond Dickinson has announced that it is hiring a fourth intake of legal apprentices.

The 32^nd annual Bar and Young Bar Conference is to take place this year on Saturday 4 November, where attendees will hear from leading experts, including the shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer on topical issues ranging from Brexit to how to guard client confidentiality against cyber-attacks.  

In the latest LCN Podcast episode, LawCareers.Net’s Olivia Partridge (she/her) spoke to private client lawyer Anna Casey-Woodward (they/them) and consultant solicitor and collaborative family lawyer Bridget Garrood (she/her) about their experiences of being LGBTQ+ in the legal profession.

Year 12 students interested in a career in law and eligible for the Pathways to Law scheme have one week until the application window closes.