A pupil barrister and a trainee solicitor have launched a scheme that will accredit law students to provide advice at law centres

Legal Futures is running a conference focusing on the challenges facing lawyers and the range of responses to them.

More and more of us are now doing things outside of the law because we realise that there are plenty of things that make us happy and energised while making us some extra money.

How will business relations change in the age of remote working and videoconferencing calls?

What key reforms will be introduced under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023?

The College of Law is in talks with the Singapore Institute of Legal Education to open a campus in Singapore later this year, in a move that will see the CoL become the first British law school to establish a campus in Asia.

Law firms are avoiding reporting the true extent of their gender pay gaps and regulations should be updated to force them to be transparent, Conservative MP Maria Miller has said.

Kaplan Law School's plan to introduce an admissions test for entry onto its LPC course has been blocked by the SRA, according to a recent report in the Lawyer.

Two firms have stepped up their contributions to making law a more gender-equal profession, with Freshfields banning “Dear sirs” as a way to begin communications and Latham & Watkins launching a breastmilk delivery programme for its travelling lawyers. 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has approved the alternative business structure licence for Jordans Corporate Law.

What are the implications of an increase in litigation funding and what do investors need to consider?

Can a business prevent online purchases by consumers in other EEA member states?

Browne Jacobson LLP, Linklaters LLP and Allen & Overy LLP are among 41 law firms on the 2023 Social Mobility Employer Index, with the legal profession retaining its place as the best-represented sector in the index this year. 

In 2020, the British economy suffered its worst annual downturn in 300 years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The legal profession's widespread use of unpaid work experience has impeded social mobility, according to a report commissioned by Young Legal Aid Lawyers.

A group of lawyers at international law firm Dentons have reported a decrease in their stress levels after completing a new mindfulness scheme.

The Treasury Solicitor’s department has become the first government department to commit to the Law Society diversity charter, making it the 400th signatory to date.

Professional support charity LawCare has released its annual statistics from 2015, revealing that it received just over 900 calls to its helpline, made by 496 individuals.

Applications for The Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme (DAS) 2021 – “a scholarship with a difference” – opened on Monday 1 March.