Legal education provider BARBRI has announced the launch of a new six-week course that’s been designed to improve access to the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) for “those from all backgrounds”.  

The Pegasus Access Scheme, a social mobility initiative for prospective barristers, is now open for applications.

Jasmine Coyne is a solicitor in the employment team at Gowling WLG (UK) LLP. She explains her route to qualification, day-to-day work and why Gowling stands out. 

Under the influence: why is there a DCMS inquiry into influencer marketing and what can we expect?

Best in Law, sister publication to LawCareers.Net and The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook, has just been published. Now in its 12th year, the magazine is published in conjunction with the LC.N Training & Recruitment Awards.

Lawyer-client matching service Spoke – described as a ‘legal Airbnb’ has become one of the first UK organisations to use the ‘.law’ domain name.

Regional firm Knight’s revenues soared to £46.2 million in the second half of 2020, up by around £14 million from the first half of the year, following the remote acquisitions of Shulmans, ASB and Fraser Brown, plus December’s acquisition of OTB Eveling. The firm’s revenue jump was partly as a result of these successful acquisitions.

On 11 April Berwin Leighton Paisner hosted a “first of its kind” event for African-Caribbean students and graduates, looking to address the issue of underrepresentation of black people in the legal profession.

BPP University Law School has announced an increase in the scholarships it is offering this year.

From September 2023, magic circle firm Linklaters LLP will take up to six solicitor apprentices in its London headquarters. Linklaters is one of several firms in the City to embrace solicitor apprenticeships as an alternative pathway to the traditional qualification route.  

The Bar Standards Board has today published its annual report into Diversity at the Bar.

The pressures on criminal barristers are forcing many to regularly skip lunch or any other form of break, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association has said.

A number of firms have confirmed how many newly-qualified solicitors they will retain in Autumn 2014.

Controversial plans to improve access to the legal profession by forcing law firms and chambers to publish internal diversity and social mobility data on their websites have been approved by the Legal Services Board.

Multinational firm DWF Group plc will no longer set specific A-level/Scottish Highers requirements for training contract applicants, as the firm continues its drive to attract a more diverse range of candidates and increase social mobility in the legal profession.

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.

While I have previously talked about technology, today I will consider whether technology is actually detrimental to law firms.

BMA Law is a new independent law firm set up by the British Medical Association - the representative body of doctors and medical students - to provide legal advice to the health profession.

According to the new report by Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC), “45% of the Young Bar reported a negative impact on their financial situation, higher still at 60% for those working in crime – as court work ceased in 2020, their earnings plummeted.”