Today, the Bank of England announced that it’s raising interest rates to 1.75% – the biggest hike in 27 years – in an effort to curb the inflation driven by the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Plus, read snapshot summaries of some of the week’s standout news stories in this week’s round-up.

I was inspired to write this article by the book The Squiggly Career by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, and the Squiggly Careers podcast.

How have the capital markets been affected by the current economic downturn?

While aspiring lawyers are not expected to know everything about the law, you are expected to demonstrate commercial acumen at each stage of the application process. Don’t let yourself down by ignoring this factor. Get started today by reading our short round-up of some of the week’s stories below.

Following last year’s Race at the Bar report, the Bar Council has published an interim report to outline the actions being taken to address race inequality across the Bar. 

Grab that ice cream and sit down with LawCareers.Net’s commercial news round-up for a summary of our pick of the news from the past week. What’s on your radar?

As a non-law conversion student with an English degree, I am often asked questions like: why law? Why the change? Why not study law in the first place?

UK general election, proposed acquisitions, Taylor Swift ticket scams and Microsoft’s new AI feature are on our radar this week. Read on for a summary of these stories and use the PESTLE technique to delve further into the impacts of each one. 

What goes into a well-written application?

The nominees for the 11th annual Student Law Society (SLS) Awards, sponsored by BARBRI, have been revealed after LawCareers.Net received 39 submissions from presidents and committees and more than 2,100 submissions from society members.

The nominees for the 10th annual Student Law Society (SLS) Awards have been revealed.

In this article, I'll be examining some of the things future lawyers should look out for. Keeping up with these elements will up your legal game no matter what stage you're at and will, no doubt, get you wherever you want to go.

Attending a law firm’s open day, workshop or presentation is a great way to meet lawyers and recruiters, and gain valuable insights that will improve your applications. Read on for tips on preparing and making a good impression on the day.

Justice is absolute. But the law is a heady mix of acceptable compromise, injustice, corruption and politics – whatever makes the wheels run smoother. This is one of the key themes of Criminal Justice, BBC’s impressive five-part drama.

The shortlist of students and law schools nominated for the 2021 LawWorks and Attorney General’s Student Pro Bono Awards has been announced.

The law firm today is where legal, technological and business expertise intersects. As modernisation in business and technology has seen a pivot towards data-driven efficiency, a similar shift within the legal sphere looms. The tradition of ‘gut instinct’ decision-making within law means that the emergence of a results-based approach has dramatically transformative potential.

The first year of university is a fantastic time to start scoping out where you want your degree – and eventually your career – to take you.

Law itself is a broad and extensive subject, which it can be hard to fit even into a three-year degree at university. However, coming towards the end of my first term of third year, I’ve set out the three modules I’ve completed that have personally taught me the most about law.

Earlier this month I did something for the first time in three and a half years: I took a holiday and didn’t do any work at all! No main work, no side work, no writing, no nothing! Just a few days away, doing the things I wanted to do.