The country's law firms are beginning to show signs of growth after fee incomes dropped by 6.5% in 2009, according to research from the Law Society's Management Section.

Brexit is likely to discourage star European graduates from studying law in the United Kingdom, a leading City lawyer has warned. 

LawCareers.Net recently conducted its annual survey of users, attempting to find out how our many thousands of readers use the information that is available to them.

Specialising in all aspects of family law relating to children, The Modern Family Law Company has been launched by solicitors Melissa Kelly and Deborah Baxter to cater for the “modern family”.

It's bad news for cash-strapped aspiring lawyers as postgraduate providers increase their GDL, LPC and BPTC fees, with BPP Law School charging the most for all three courses.

Taking the total of authorised ABSs to five, this week has seen a number of ABS announcements from the SRA, including the first ABS in Wales and an application for a licence from an Italian firm.

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What role have litigation lawyers played in recent headline-making market movements involving big tech in the US and could similar claims arise in the UK?

Insurance (and reinsurance – the insurance of insurers) is an integral part of commercial activity throughout the world.

What is the B-corp movement and how do the social and environmental considerations of companies influence the work of lawyers?

Should Northern Ireland emulate the security of tenure stance of England and Wales?

The Legal Education Foundation has established the Justice First Fellowship Scheme to boost careers in social welfare law; in the first round of recruitment, seven training contracts will be available with host organisations in England and Scotland.

The Law Society has said that the vote by the UK electorate to leave the European Union has created an “unprecedented and complex range of legal issues”, but that the profession is focused on finding solutions.

The new Solicitors Qualifying Examination could mean that prospective solicitors miss out on key aspects of legal work experience, the Junior Lawyers Division has warned.

The creation of a legal aid task force and the uprating of the legal aid means test are some of the proposals set out in a report by the Law Society to combat the “perilous state” of the criminal justice system in England and Wales.

The Law Society has stressed the importance of ensuring that those who have been bereaved and injured as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire are listened to when decisions are made about who is to represent them in the resulting government inquiry.

Twelve international City law firms have signed up to help develop a new ‘one-stop shop’ providing artificial intelligence (AI) software to lawyers.

Thousands of lawyers are set to take part in this year’s London Legal Walk to fundraise for community legal advice services.

Law firms and lawyers have a “collective responsibility” to reduce the pressure people feel to drink alcohol at social and networking events, the body representing junior solicitors has said.