A high-profile breech of the ministerial code has forced Prime Minister Theresa May to reshuffle her team of MPs at the Ministry of Justice, with Robert Buckland appointed the new prisons minister and Lucy Fraser promoted to solicitor general.

The government has dubbed two of the City’s biggest law firms, Baker & McKenzie and Linklaters, “social mobility champions”.

The SRA is holding a series of talks across the country on the future of the legal profession.

Recent figures published by the Bar Standards Board indicate that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women are the lowest paid barristers. Meanwhile, their white male colleagues receive the highest incomes.

City law firm Vinson & Elkins RLLP has announced the implementation of a new policy requiring its employees to work from the office for at least four days each week. 

The rainbow flag has been raised above the Inner Temple for the first time to mark London Pride 2018.

New research has revealed that privately educated lawyers still make up the majority of legal professionals at the country's top 20 law firms.

Law students and law school staff from the University of East Anglia have launched a law clinic to provide free legal advice to members of the local community.

Winckworth Sherwood has been named the leading law firm in the United Kingdom for workplace gender and ethnic diversity by the Black Solicitors Network.

European law firm Fieldfisher has partnered with global architecture and design firm Gensler to provide paid summer internships for students from Queen Mary University of London with disabilities or long-term health conditions. 

As reported in the Guardian, BPP has launched an "aggressive expansion plan" to manage the business side of at least 10 British publicly funded universities.

In this masterclass, BARBRI reveals the top 10 test-taking tips to help you prepare effectively, manage your time and stress, and avoid common pitfalls. Led by senior tutor at BARBRI Joanne White, this session is designed for students and any candidates approaching their SQE assessments who want to hone their exam-taking strategy, boost their confidence and tackle the exams smarter, not harder!

As Black Friday dawned, retailers steeled themselves for hordes of bargain-hungry shoppers.

Pro bono clinics are under increasing demand for free legal advice, reports the legal charity LawWorks as it calls for people to be given early access to legal help.

A leading academic has joined the chorus of criticism directed at the proposed new Solicitors Qualifying Examination, saying that it is “too good to be true”.

Criminal barristers in England and Wales have reported that they feel overworked and underpaid and would be willing to take direct action.

A scam email falsely claiming that students can have part of their LPC fees paid for by a government body called True Personal Injury Solicitors is currently being circulated and should be ignored, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned.

Several law firms are rewarding their staff with extra pay or holiday as a ‘thank you’ for their efforts during the pandemic.

The search is on to find the UK’s best paralegals as entries open for this year’s National Paralegal Awards. 

As criticism grows over celebrities' use of superinjunctions to prevent the media reporting on aspects of their private lives, BBC presenter Andrew Marr has revealed he took one out in 2008 to supress news of an extramarital affair.