A Rugby Union team's worth of firms – that's 15 for those averse to heads jammed in armpits – have opened applications for training contracts, vacation schemes and the odd open day through Apply4Law.

The annual LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards seek to celebrate the hard work of student law societies at universities all over the UK. Edward Bramley Law Society explain how they won 'Best society overall', sponsored by Burges Salmon LLP, at the 2025 Student Law Society Awards.

This session is designed for aspiring lawyers eager to understand the evolving landscape of the legal profession and to equip you with the knowledge to navigate and thrive in this dynamic field. You’ll learn about future trends and what new technologies are expected to revolutionise legal services, as well as the skills and knowledge that are essential for law students as they prepare to enter the legal workforce at a time of innovation.

Ropes & Gray’s newly-qualified solicitors will continue to earn a minimum of £130,000 this autumn, including the five trainees being retained who are qualifying in September 2020.

The Vernon Cade Fund is offering financial assistance to trainee solicitors in Cambridgeshire, in the form of a grant of somewhere between £500 and £2,000.

Those aspiring to the dizzy heights of the magic circle should note that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has increased the number of London trainees it will take on in 2013 from 90 to 100. 

Argent Chambers has merged with Goldsmith Chambers as of yesterday (6 May).

A trainee solicitor has taken the well-trodden path from law to politics by becoming the mayor of Frodsham in Cheshire.

We are encouraging everyone interested in the future of legal advice in the United Kingdom to take part in the Big Advice Survey, which runs until 31 March 2015.

Simmons & Simmons is once again the highest-ranked law firm in this year's workplace equality index, which is annually compiled by the gay rights charity Stonewall.

The SRA has announced plans to assign “relationship managers” to some of the United Kingdom’s biggest firms.

Skills for Justice has revealed that Cardiff-based Kaplan Altior will work in partnership with apprenticeship specialists Acorn to provide the first legal Higher Apprenticeship in Wales.

Lawyers believe that email is the biggest security risk to law firms, according to a survey conducted by logistics operator DX.

iProbono’s mission is to enable people to access their rights in pursuit of a just society.

An increasing number of law firms are running events that target first-year law students, with a view to attracting them to their firm at the earliest possible stage. For full details on which firms are running first-year law specific open days and vacation schemes, see the table below: