“You don’t look like a solicitor, you’ll never make it.” This is what former President of the Law Society I. Stephanie Boyce was told throughout her journey to becoming a solicitor. Boyce’s story encapsulates the outdated homogeneity concerning what a typical solicitor should ‘look and sound like’.

BPP Law School in Leeds recently hosted a launch event for the city’s new legal apprenticeship scheme.

Applications have opened for the Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme, which helps exceptional students with their LPC fees.

As you start the third year of your university degree (law or non-law), you are one step closer to reaching your legal career aspirations. There are lots of things to be doing at this crucial time. Here is a checklist to help you stay organised in your final year.

Ten new students have been welcomed onto the Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme which supports aspiring lawyers facing social, educational, financial or personal obstacles to qualifying as a solicitor.

Find out what law schools have been getting up to lately with some digestible chunks of info, ready for devouring.

In more National Apprenticeship Week news, CILEx Law School has been retained to provide training to all of Irwin Mitchell’s new legal apprentices, due to start in September 2016.

The cost of taking the Bar Professional Training Course has been increased by almost every course provider this year.

Manchester Law School, part of Manchester Metropolitan University, has accepted the first students onto its alternative training route.

The University of Law has launched its student mentoring scheme for 2013, with over 200 legal professionals committing to the scheme in London, amidst a group of over 600 nationwide, across ULaw's eight UK centres.

Changes introduced by the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) mean that aspiring social welfare lawyers will not receive the right training, practitioners claim.

BPP University Law School has partnered with the O Shaped Lawyer to introduce O-shaped attributes into the education provider’s Solicitors Qualifying Exam preparation courses. 

LLM students at Queen Mary University of London are to take a course in e-disclosure, the first of its kind in the United Kingdom.

Kaplan Law School has announced that it will be launching an LLM LPC, allowing its 2014-15 LPC students to add the master’s on for no extra charge.

A team of students from City Law School has won the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition.

You don’t need a law degree to become a lawyer – in fact, the modern legal profession is full of non-law graduates. The skills and experiences you gain from studying and working in other fields are assets that can make you a stronger candidate.

First-year students are increasingly being targeted by top 20 law firms eager to reach the best candidates before their rivals.

This LCN Feature outlines some practical and emotional steps law firms can take to support Muslim employees during this period.

Students revising for exams in criminal law have a new tool to aid their studies: a YouTube series recreating some of the main cases and topics with Lego characters.