The essential guide for all aspiring lawyers, The LawCareers.Net Handbook 2021, is available now as a free ebook so that candidates can access the best information from home.

Whether this is your first application cycle or your fifth, identifying the right law firm for you might be the most important stage in the process.

What is the difference between the financial markets of the London Stock Exchange?

For the past 10 months, myself and so many other students have laboriously revised for, and undertaken exams. But these were not just any exams, these were open-book, online exams (doesn’t quite have the same flavour as the M&S advert does it?). In this blog, I will set out my top tips for preparing for online, open-book exams and discuss the different elements that doing these assessments virtually brings to the table. Whether you’re taking an LLB, Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course, or studying for any form of course or assessment online in pursuit of a legal career this year, this will almost certainly apply to you.  

Professions embracing apprenticeships has grown considerably and the legal sector is one of those that has recognised the opportunities these apprenticeships provide, not only to the apprentice, but also to the firms that employ them and nurture their skills and passion for the profession.

This year will see the launch of Justice Week, an initiative that will build on the format of National Pro Bono Week and which has the backing of the Law Society, the Bar Council and CILEx.