A survey conducted by G2 Legal has found that 28% of lawyers are ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’ to change their jobs in 2023.  

Responses to the Ministry of Justice’s latest proposals to reform advocacy fees have shown a divide in opinion between solicitors and barristers.

Tooks Chambers - the set of Michael Mansfield QC - has decided to begin the process of dissolution as the "direct result of the government's legal aid policies".

Law firms including Allen & Overy, Pinsent Masons and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner have increased the salaries for their newly qualified (NQ) lawyers in the UK in response to NQ salary surges in the US.

BT has announced the launch of BT Law after becoming the latest famous brand to be granted an alternative business structure licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Leading law firm A&O Shearman has retained 69% of its summer trainee cohort, with 37 out of the 54 trainees having accepted permanent positions.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, with The University of Law, has launched a new paralegal apprenticeship scheme at its Manchester-based legal services centre, with the first intake starting this coming October. 

On 3 November The University of Law revealed its new articled apprenticeship scheme, which will allow school leavers to become fully qualified solicitors after six years of on-the-job training.

The justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has agreed to meet criminal legal aid lawyers to discuss the government's widely opposed plans for legal aid in person, after pressure to do so by the Law Society.

An innovative legal ‘hackathon’ in which computer programmers will compete to find the best solutions to legal technology problems is set to boost efficiency at Hackney Law Centre – and could help law centres nationwide in the longer term.

The UK legal services sector saw turnover fall by 16% in May from £3.92 billion (April 2022) to £3.28 billion in May, according to Office of National Statistics data. 

The Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates is unlawful and intended to undermine the fundamental principles of barristers' independence, the High Court has heard as the judicial review of QASA gets underway.

In response to the publication of the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill, the Law Society has cautioned that stringent protections are essential when justice is to be delivered via technology.

The first top 50 firm to reveal its 2010-11 financial results this year is Holman Fenwick Willan, which has posted revenues of £112.5 million for the financial year ending 31 March - a 12.6% increase on last year's figure of £99.9 million.

The new legal training organisation Accutrainee expects to see its first cohort of aspiring lawyers embark on their training contracts in the next few months.

The National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP) has launched the Level 5 Diploma for Senior Associate Paralegals, the first Ofqual regulated qualification for paralegals at this level.

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has instructed the profession's regulators to gather and publish information which indicates the quality (or lack thereof) of law firms.

BPP law school students will soon have more flexibility in how they pay for their law courses when extended payment options come into effect from September 2011.

Following on from its stage one pilot of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is looking for candidates to take part in a trial run of SQE stage two in December.

The Association of Women Solicitors has criticised the Solicitors Regulation Authority's decision to abolish the minimum salary for trainee solicitors.