Amid the building excitement around Halloween, don’t get so entirely caught up with how to be the most convincing zombie at the party that you forget what October is really all about – preparing to meet future employers at law fairs and wow them with your commerciality.

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has announced plans to “step up” its oversight of legal regulators and implement formal action against those it deems to be underperforming.

The backlog in Crown court cases has started to stabilise at 58,000 cases.

The Bar Standards Board has agreed to change parental leave rules to enable all self-employed barristers to take leave, regardless of whether their spouse or partner has also done so.

The oldest free legal advice centre in the world has been boosted by prestigious US firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Goodwin Proctor joining its already illustrious list of supporting firms.

Due to concerns of a potential coronavirus outbreak, around 1,100 staff at the London office of City firm Baker McKenzie were asked to work from home on Friday 28 February.

It’s summer, it’s likely that your exams are over and it’s time to kick back, right?

BLM and Clyde & Co LLP have announced that they will merge this summer.

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.

Hogan Lovells has teamed up with three universities to launch a £150,000 bursary scheme to help law undergraduates through their studies.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has confirmed that it plans to push for deregulation of training for solicitors, despite concerns raised by the Law Society.

Most barristers are not attracted by the innovative new business models which have emerged in recent years and want to keep the chambers model, which they feel is capable of adapting to changes in the legal market, a survey by the Bar Standards Board has revealed.

On 11 April Berwin Leighton Paisner hosted a “first of its kind” event for African-Caribbean students and graduates, looking to address the issue of underrepresentation of black people in the legal profession.

Law firms are now able to choose the regulator that is most appropriate for them following the establishment of ILEX Professional Standards as an alternative to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Students will be able to study the Legal Practice Course at UEA’s law school in Norwich from September 2019 following a new partnership with The University of Law.

Norwich-based firm Leathes Prior is planning the first football-related alternative business structure (ABS).

The University of Law and the University of Reading have formed a new partnership to provide postgraduate legal training courses.

In effect, the GDL replaces the law degree. Its content focuses on the seven foundations of legal knowledge that represent the basic knowledge requirements for the LPC. 

Barking and Dagenham Council has become the first council to take on solicitor apprentices in-house.