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.

Ministers are expected to introduce new legislation to the House of Commons after the summer recess, with the aim of reducing the use of short prison sentences and toughening community punishment.

The Law Society has launched a series of interactive commercial awareness webinars for second-, third- and first-year students, which will be delivered by dual qualified lawyer Denis Viskovich in March.

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

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

LPC students at BPP Law School can now choose a fast-track option allowing them to complete the course in seven months rather than the traditional nine.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is now accepting applications for two upcoming events that are designed to help students learn more about life as a lawyer in a commercial firm, as well as entries to a competition with Olympics tickets as the prize.

The University of Law has announced that it will deliver a new four-year integrated master’s course. The MLaw (Solicitors’ Practice) will combine the university’s LLB Law with professional SQE1 and SQE2 preparation modules (subject to academic approval). 

At the Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference on Saturday, chair of the Bar, Andrew Langdon QC, spoke to over 500 guests, including legal luminaries such as Sir Keir Starmer QC MP, Professor Richard Susskind OBE and Lady Justice Hallet.

Nearly 20% of graduate recruitment, and learning and development teams at law firms in the UK, revealed that LPC graduates will be required to pass parts or all of the new SQE. 

Leading medical negligence firm Fletchers Solicitors is accepting applications for its 2018 trailblazer solicitor apprenticeship scheme.

The UK’s largest law school, The University of Law, has seen profits rise for the 18 months to 31 May 2022, according to the latest figures released.

Liz Truss has been replaced as justice secretary by David Lidington, the MP for Aylesbury who has consistently opposed LGBT rights and also voted in favour of repealing the Human Rights Act.

The University of Law will provide Solicitors Qualifying Examination training to Mischon de Reya LLP’s future trainees and solicitor apprentices as they enter a new exclusive partnership. 

BPP University officially opened its family law clinic on 16 October following a successful pilot scheme which helped dozens of Londoners through the legal issues surrounding separation, divorce and child access arrangements.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has indicated in a letter to the chair of the Justice Select Committee that he would allow choice of solicitor to continue and would consider the Law Society's suggested alternative model to price competitive tendering.

Radical changes to firms’ approach to flexible working, improvements to parental leave and new mentoring and sponsorship programmes should be made top priorities to improve gender equality in the legal profession, according to women on the frontline.

Candidates from working class backgrounds are being locked out of the legal profession, says Alan Milburn, chair of the Social Mobility Foundation and a former cabinet minister.

Dozens of barristers’ chambers are refusing to take on new defence work in protest at the crisis in the justice system created by the government’s cuts and reforms, the latest being changes to the Advocates Graduated Fee Scheme.