The Solicitors Regulation Authority has officially confirmed its shake-up of the route to becoming a solicitor with a new ‘super exam’ which all prospective solicitors will have to pass in order to qualify. 

A large proportion (53%) of future barristers are Oxbridge graduates, according to new research by Chambers and Partners, which also found that only 11% of pupils come from non-Russell Group universities. 

Browne Jacobson LLP (alongside PwC) tops the UK’s Social Mobility Employer Index for the third time, with magic circle law firms Slaughter and May, Linklaters LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP also featuring in this year’s top 10. 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has published the results for the April/May 2023 sitting of SQE2, revealing an overall pass rate of 77%, matching the results from April 2022 and up 6% from October 2022’s results. 

The UK’s Supreme Court President Lord Reed announced that he'll step down on 10 January 2027. Law Society of England and Wales President Mark Evans stated: “We pay tribute to his service, leadership and dedication and wish him well in the future.”

In this guide we outline some of the key issues facing the UK legal profession, as well as headline-grabbing cases and mergers – are you in the know?

This webinar, sponsored by Dentons, Taylor Wessing and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, covers the basics of launching a legal career.

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) has announced that 83% of students passed the latest CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ) Foundation assessments.

Can I access the government’s postgraduate student loan for the Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) and the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses?

To coincide with National Pro Bono Week 2012 (commencing Monday 5 November), LawWorks is running a student conference on Saturday 10 November.

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) has enrolled nine scholarship winners onto the CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ) – a new approach to on-the-job training which CILEX launched in 2021. 

This session provides you with all the information that you need before embarking on your future career as a solicitor, including an overview of the profession and the skills needed by successful lawyers; what you can do as an undergraduate student to improve your employability for the legal field; an in-depth look at the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) pathway to qualification and course options available. 

As more law schools and universities reveal the fees students can expect to pay for Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses, the Junior Lawyers Division has said that fears that the new ‘super exam’ would fail to drive down the average cost of becoming a lawyer have been confirmed.

The College of Law and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives have teamed up to deliver a 'one-stop shop' for the legal profession's training requirements.

Both Kennedys and Browne Jacobson have recently welcomed their first batch of legal apprentices, reflecting a trend that is fast gathering momentum.

The City Consortium, which includes Freshfields and Linklaters, will provide ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees taking the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) to ensure candidates are prepared to commence training contracts within a City practice.  

Long since labelled a ‘male-dominated industry’, the legal profession is having its gendered division challenged by women solicitors joining at three times the rate of men.