For the fourth year running, LawCareers.Net is on the hunt to discover the best law lecturer from institutions across the country.

Pro bono charity LawWorks has celebrated the outstanding contributions of students and law school staff to pro bono work at its annual awards ceremony.

Joel Semakula is a barrister at Landmark Chambers. In this Meet the Lawyer he outlines why he was drawn to the Bar, his work acting for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and the diversity initiatives in place at Landmark Chambers.

The University of Law has announced the relocation of its Yorkshire training centre from York to Leeds.

Fiona Woolf CBE, the corporate lawyer recently appointed as the new lord mayor of the City of London, has been announced as The University of Law chancellor.

The University of Law has opened submissions for its annual essay competition for students in years 10 to 13.

The University of Law has launched its newest scholarship, available to one student from a low-income household and known as the Baroness Sayeeda Warsi Set for Success scholarship.

The University of Law (ULaw) has agreed a new partnership with leading firm Muckle LLP, which will see ULaw become the exclusive Solicitors Qualifying Exam training provider for the firm’s future trainees from September 2023. 

For the second year running, London Metropolitan University has run a “Get into Law” event, aimed at encouraging students from underrepresented backgrounds into both postgraduate study and the legal profession.

The Kent Law Campaign Student Group organised a 5km fun run, held on Sunday 3 November at the University of Kent campus.

One in four people still assume a legal professional will be male, despite figures highlighting that women make up a larger proportion of lawyers, according to new research from The University of Law.

The annual LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards were held recently, in the elegant surrounds of the House of Commons, to recognise the outstanding pro bono achievements of students and law school staff throughout the United Kingdom.

Civil law involves relations between persons, and between persons and organisations.

I’m finding it difficult to identify which practice area I’d enjoy most – do you have any tips on choosing a practice area before qualifying as a solicitor?

The University of Law has launched a new solicitor apprenticeship programme, designed to strengthen its partnerships with both employers and apprentices. A number of firms have already signed up to the programme, including Gowling WLG, Fieldfisher and Plexus Law.

The University of Law has announced the launch of a new Trainee Solicitor Development Programme in partnership with the Bank of England. 

If you decide that a career as a lawyer is for you, there are a few things you should be doing even before you start university. 

Details of a new postgraduate law conversion course to replace the GDL when the Solicitors Qualifying Exam comes into effect in 2021 have been released by BPP University Law School.

You’re in the first year of your law degree and you want to know what you should be doing.