Pinsent Masons has been named the UK’s most inclusive employer by LGBT-rights charity Stonewall, while Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and Baker McKenzie are the other law firms to rank in the top 10 in Stonewall’s top 100 employers index for 2019.

Nominations are now open for the LawWorks and Attorney General’s Student Pro Bono Awards, which celebrate the significant contribution of law students and law schools to vital pro bono legal advice.

Changes to the solicitors profession’s entry requirements could place less well-off candidates at a disadvantage and damage equality in the legal profession, the Law Society has warned.

London-based civil liberties, human rights and legal aid firm Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA) has become the first law firm to be entirely owned by its employees.

The government plans to build 14 new Nightingale courts to tackle outstanding court cases caused by the pandemic, according to a statement from Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland.

Broad participation is more important than “star performers” when it comes to improving a firm’s LinkedIn performance, according to a report by TBD Marketing. 

The senior presiding judge for England and Wales, Lord Justice Edis, has delayed the sentencing of convicted criminals on bail due to overpopulation in prisons. As a longer term solution, the government plans to send prisoners overseas and build more prisons.

On 15 March 2018 the LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards brought students from 23 universities together with recruiters, partners and trainees from 11 sponsor law firms and one Inn of Court for an evening of celebrating achievement and networking at Painters’ Hall in London.

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While a number of big firms have begun to recall furloughed staff as coronavirus lockdown measures begin to ease, the year ahead remains uncertain for hundreds of solicitors.

Mass surveillance of the public by the government’s intelligence agency, GCHQ, was illegal under European law, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled in what rights and transparency campaigners have hailed as an important victory for privacy and freedom.

With just a year to go until the new 'non-dom' rules are due to come into force on 6 April 2017, what could the changes mean for 'non-dom' individuals currently resident in the United Kingdom or planning to return in the future? 

The Criminal Bar Association has struck a highly controversial deal with the government to suspend the planned legal aid cuts to Graduated Fee cases until after next year's general election.

Backlogs in the criminal courts remain at record levels, with 379,437 cases outstanding in the magistrates’ courts and 80,203 in the crown court – including more than 21,002 cases open for over a year. 

Almost everyone reading this will have heard of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) and how it is currently coming into effect to replace the traditional LPC/GDL route to qualifying as a solicitor. However, this blog will not be covering any substantive or logistic elements of the SQE, instead it will focus on the reasons why it was created.

The nominees for the fifth annual Student Law Society Awards have been revealed, after an overwhelming response of more than 2,700 submissions from student law society members, and 38 submissions from presidents and committees.

On almost every job or internship application form – legal or otherwise – there will be a section detailing any past experience you may have. This is frequently a tricky section for students to complete. How are we meant to gain experience when the role we are applying for is experience but requires prior experience to secure it?

The University of Law recently announced the winners of its ‘Real World Questions Essay Competition’ who were awarded prizes including £1,000 cash, a week’s work experience with either Clyde & Co or Co-op and a two-hour session with The University of Law’s director of employability.

As graduation looms, so does the prospect of the ‘real world’ becoming a reality. Gulp. Especially with the past year and a half being so different (to put it politely), I for one can hardly believe that my undergraduate degree is almost over.