London-based law firm Hodge Jones & Allen (HJA) has partnered with the charity Pathway, a homeless healthcare service, to provide legal assistance to homeless patients as they seek accommodation after being discharged from hospital. 

A new report from the Solicitors Regulation Authority has revealed the subject areas in which aspiring solicitors have excelled or struggled with in the Solicitors Qualifying Exam assessments.

Last week, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) welcomed the publication of the Bar Council’s Pupillage Gateway report.

Everyone knows that aspiring lawyers are not expected to be ready-made economists, but they should have a solid understanding of how the business world is moving and which stories are impacting the world more broadly.

The Solicitors Qualifying Exam has been granted final approval by the Legal Services Board, confirming that the new route to qualifying as a solicitor will be introduced in September 2021.

The government has proposed a further increase in court fees following a hike in March, but the Law Society has said the move amounts to a further curtailing of access to justice for members of the public and small businesses.

Global law firms Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin have retained 100% of their trainees.

Law firm Chief Rod Waldie has outlined his expansion plans for Gateley Legal after a slowdown in the legal sector pay war meant Gateley’s salary to revenue ratio to returned to “normal” levels.  

Disparity in the justice system between outcomes for defendants who are BAME and defendants who are white is being compounded by a lack of data needed to analyse the problem, The Centre for Justice Foundation has reported. 

A new study, published by the Department for Education, found that of the occupations most exposed to AI, solicitors ranked 12th on the list when considering exposure to all AI applications and second for exposure to large language modelling.

The Bar is considering whether to scrap a student aptitude test that removes fewer than 1% of candidates, after deciding that it is “not operating as an effective filter”.

Despite the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s withdrawal from the Voluntary Code to Good Practice in the Recruitment of Trainee Solicitors, it has been announced that the code will continue to be upheld by its other signatories.

Trainee solicitors’ average pay has decreased since the Solicitors Regulation Authority abolished its minimum salary rule, while the change has disproportionately affected BAME lawyers, the trainee gender pay gap has widened and social mobility has reduced, a survey has revealed.

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City law firm Kingsley Napley LLP has announced a new enhanced ‘Time-off for Dependents’ policy, which surpasses the UK’s statutory obligations.

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Full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau LLP has welcomed 11 new trainees, as part of its largest ever cohort.