The Solicitors Regulation Authority will hold four roadshows as part of its Training for Tomorrow 2014 programme, starting at the end of January.

The Law Society has warned that various proposals under consideration by the SRA that would change the way in which solicitors qualify could serve to damage the perception of the United Kingdom as a “global centre of legal excellence”.

Two Welsh universities are to begin providing legal training courses in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx).

A greater level of training for advocates in relation to the questioning of vulnerable witnesses in court is to be introduced in a joint initiative launched by the Bar Council, the Inns of Court, the Law Society, and the CPS.

The Legal Education Foundation is offering 11 training contracts as part of its 2016 Justice First Fellowship scheme, in conjunction with a number of firms.

BPP Law School has announced a new initiative which will mean that if one if its LPC graduates fails to secure a job in the legal sector within six months of graduating, she/he will be allowed to come back to BPP and study for free.

HM Revenue and Customs and Carillion Advice Service have both separately announced the expansion of their legal apprenticeship programmes, as legal apprenticeships continue to take off among law firms and companies’ in-house legal teams. 

Yorkshire personal injury firm Minster Law has been bought by BGL Group, insurance intermediary and owner of comparethemarket.com.

The University of Law is set to launch a US Bar Preparation Course designed to support non-US graduates and lawyers taking the New York or California Bar exam. 

BPP University College is offering a last chance to undertake a law degree at the current rate of £3,225 per year before increases in course fees are implemented in September.

Full-service law firm Cripps Pemberton Greenish has appointed leading training provider BPP University to deliver Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses to its future trainees.

The government has set out the expected consequences of a no-deal Brexit on the legal profession, as well as the wider economy in a report published on Tuesday.

A Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) student at the University of Law has won the prestigious Future Legal Mind essay competition for 2017. 

The University of Law (ULaw) has appointed Professor Zoe Radnor as its new deputy vice-chancellor to work alongside Professor Andrea Nollent, ULaw’s vice-chancellor and CEO to “develop and implement the university’s strategic plan” with a focus on delivering “high-quality, innovative academic teaching and developing excellence in applied research and thought leadership”.

New alternative business structure entrants to the legal profession are winning a lot of business through major affinity and partnership deals with non-legal companies, a report has revealed.

The Bar Council, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and the Law Society have issued guidelines to lawyers on how best to cope with the increasing number of people who represent themselves in court.

Millicent Grant, president of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx), has won this year’s Black Solicitors Network (BSN) Lawyer of the Year accolade at the UK Diversity Legal Awards.

Barristers have voted to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in England and Wales starting from 5 September 2022.