The apprenticeship drive at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co continues, with three more apprentices set to join the firm’s real estate team.

BPP law School has joined forces with specialist bank, Investec, to offer loans to its postgraduate law students.

Sheridans, a media law firm based in London, has confirmed that it will accept the digital currency Bitcoin as payment for its services.

The Law Society Gazette reports that this year, the proportion of trainees being retained at the top City firms has increased to an average of 83%.

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that lawyers cannot be "equated with journalists" to speak out on sensitive and high-profile cases.

One of the United Kingdom’s oldest firms, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, has merged with Canadian firm Gowlings to create an international firm boasting over £400 million in annual revenue.

Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and seven other law firms have been ranked among the top 100 graduate employers, compiled by The Times.

Law firms, NGOs and academics will be hosting events across the United Kingdom next week to celebrate human rights, as individuals around the world mark Human Rights Day on 10 December 2014.

Global firm DWF could soon become the largest UK-based law firm to float on the stock market, its chairman has said.

A group of Legal Sector Alliance members have unveiled their carbon footprints in a coordinated move, revealing a significant drop in emissions.

Morrison & Foerster UK (LLP) is the first UK firm to publicly mandate that all lawyers must be fully vaccinated prior to returning to the office. 

The Legal Aid Agency has been accused of being in denial about severe glitches in its client management and cost system.

The SRA is holding a series of talks across the country on the future of the legal profession.

International law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has increased salaries for its newly qualified (NQ) solicitors in London by 3% to £173,100. 

International firm Allen & Overy is set to house a special office for start-up ‘lawtech’ businesses. 

As reported in the Law Gazette, Director of Public Prosecutions Kier Starmer has vowed that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will become entirely paperless by April 2012.

International firm Hogan Lovells has joined the DiversCity mentoring scheme, the first programme specifically designed to provide informal support to LGBT students who aspire to a career in City law.

The Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council has announced the topic for its annual essay competition, sponsored by the Bar Council scholarship trust.

The Modern Law Awards last week honoured the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Diane Burleigh OBE, for her lifetime of achievements in the legal profession.

Concern among lawyers regarding the rise of fee-earning McKenzie friends, notably among members of the Bar, has heightened following the dramatic ban of a McKenzie friend from the courtroom.