This week it was confirmed that Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will take part in a six-week campaign in a battle to become the next UK Prime Minister, while England’s international football team came from behind to squeeze out a victory in its quarter-final match against a tough Spain opposition last night. What other interesting stories did you spot this week and how can you use them to impress in your applications and interviews? 

As explored in other articles, recruiters will likely seek to directly test your commercial awareness throughout applications and interview stages. Here are four common commercial awareness interview questions and some tips for answering them!

What are regulators doing to combat the rise in scammers targeting members of the public during the covid-19 pandemic?

When it comes to legal applications, success comes down to being knowledgeable and prepared. It's not just about ticking boxes, you also need to show that you're truly invested in the role and profession.

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 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.

Anyone who knows me, also knows that I am honest as they come. 

With the influx of industrial strike action among various sectors, the UK government is set to introduce new anti-strike legislation.

One of the key foundational aspects of our judicial system is the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. However, over the course of our justice system being in place, has this statement ever actually been true? That question is what I'm looking to discuss today.

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.

I hope that by writing about this – something not uncommon with neurodivergent people – then our peers, colleagues and employers can be more accepting of our experiences.

This blog will give a brief summary of how poverty is a major issue in relation to capital punishment in the US. 

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.

In this blog I will look at whether it is possible to litigate social media, with a focus on body image issues.