A new conference aimed at anyone hoping to land a training contract with one of the international firms in the City has been announced.

Why is the prominence of London maritime lawyers likely to continue?

I know the legal profession can be demanding and competitive, so how do I avoid burnout at work?

What will be the effect of Brexit on environmental law?

Lawyer-client matching service Spoke – described as a ‘legal Airbnb’ has become one of the first UK organisations to use the ‘.law’ domain name.

The reasons that firms decide to merge are as varied as the firms themselves, but there are usually some key drivers – namely, the desire to expand, geographically or in terms of expertise, or to stay afloat. For the lawyers who find that the firm they joined is no longer the firm at which they work, there are normally a raft of opportunities and maybe especially so for trainees.

After listening to a few podcasts, I've developed an interest in what I've always thought were called ‘personal legal services' - an umbrella term including family, wills and estates and trusts - and started researching firms that provide these services.

New Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) data has found that 53% of the solicitor’s profession are women and 19% of lawyers are from an ethnic minority background, both small increases on previous years.

Students and law schools have begun submitting their nominations for the LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2020.

‘Commercial awareness’ is a term you’ve probably heard thrown around a lot by law firm recruiters.

To celebrate Black History Month, LawCareers.Net highlights three trailblazers within the legal profession.

The term 'white-collar crime' was coined less than a century ago to describe a wide variety of non-violent crimes, such as fraud, bribery, corruption and embezzlement. This article will explore this lesser-known arena of criminal law, addressing what white-collar crime lawyers do, who their clients might be and providing an overview of their general day-to-day tasks.

I want to join a City firm, but the various categories have confused me. What are the different types of City firm?

Career-changers interested in a career in the legal profession will be interested to know that The College of Law in Birmingham is holding a series of events, called Switch to Law, aimed at people without a law degree who want to become lawyers.

The disparity between law conversion and Legal Practice Course and law pass rates at different law schools has become even more extreme, according to a report by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

When my place for LawCareersNetLIVE London 2025 was confirmed, I expected useful conversations and a better sense of different law firms. I didn’t expect the day to shape how I approached future applications and assessment centres – or that it’d help me secure a training contract with one of the sponsor firms – but that’s exactly what happened.

This July, I was fortunate enough to partake in Local Lawyers in Government (LLG)'s work experience week. I was assigned to a local authority and spent my mornings shadowing different legal departments, and attending informative workshops organised by LLG in the afternoon. In this article, I'll take you through how I spent my week – and the many things I learned.