The latest episode of The LawCareers.Net Podcast, released this week, is focused on how first-year students can navigate work experience, prepare for interviews and process rejection.

The new legal training organisation Accutrainee expects to see its first cohort of aspiring lawyers embark on their training contracts in the next few months.

The role of librarian ranked as the second most common ‘dream job’ among 14,000 people polled by YouGov, to the delight of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians.

Legal aid lawyers have been called a “dying breed” after research by the Junior Lawyers Division found that only 4% of young lawyers are interested in working in legal aid.

The annual celebration of pro bono achievement went ahead in a ceremony on 5 December, organised by LawWorks, hosted by Allen & Overy, and sponsored by the Law Society and LexisNexis. 

Two BPTC students from The City Law School have won the 13th international Commonwealth Student Moot, which marks the first victory in the competition for a team from the United Kingdom in 10 years.

LPC and BPTC students keen to boost their CVs might be interested in a new competition being run by the Sentencing Council, the first prize of which is a law firm work placement or mini-pupillage.

LawCareers.Net's annual reader survey has left one aspiring solicitor £1,000 richer.

In what ways will AI impact the legal profession? For many years, there have been growing concerns that the increasing use and development of AI technology would eventually turf out and replace human lawyers. 

BPP Law School has confirmed that its Birmingham centre will now offer the Bar Professional Training Course.

A study analysing cases before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) over two decades, has explored whether women make more ethical lawyers than their male counterparts.

A freedom of information request made to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) has revealed that twice as many women as men are applying to study law in the UK.

Senior law lecturer Joe Sekhon of Portsmouth Business School has won £30,000 to set up an IP clinic for students to gain free advice from law students.

A team from BPP Law School Manchester has won the fifth mooting shield competition hosted by DAC Beachcroft, following six months of preliminary rounds.

Birmingham FLAG is delivered by students and as such is a term time only service, running from the start of October to mid-December and end of January to end of March.

As reported by Alex Aldridge in the Guardian and Neil Rose in Legal Futures, Yorkshire law firm Gordons has launched a legal apprenticeship that will allow school leavers to become qualified lawyers without first having to do a degree.

The solicitors’ profession is diversifying and increasingly reflects the makeup of the general UK population, data collected by the Law Society shows.

National law firm Ashfords has launched a six-year solicitor apprenticeship as an alternative route to qualifying as a solicitor. 

Anna McMillan, trainee at Shoosmiths, offers an insight into her journey to the legal profession, from a non-law background.

There has been a recent increase in barristers’ chambers and law firms introducing mentoring for aspiring lawyers from underrepresented groups to boost diversity and inclusion.