The BLD Foundation has announced that applications are now open for its Legal Launch Pad Programme, running from January to September 2015.

There's cause to celebrate for the majority of SNR Denton's Spring 2011 qualifying trainees, as the firm reveals that it has positions for 11 out of the 14-strong intake.

The government has dubbed two of the City’s biggest law firms, Baker & McKenzie and Linklaters, “social mobility champions”.

The legal profession's widespread use of unpaid work experience has impeded social mobility, according to a report commissioned by Young Legal Aid Lawyers.

Magic circle firm Linklaters has launched an ‘online internship’ inviting students to test how they get on with the types of work experienced by real-life vacation scheme candidates.

Hogan Lovells has revealed plans to reverse salary reductions at its US office and reintroduce pay reviews in the UK, despite the damaging impact that coronavirus has had on the economy and the legal profession.

The Legal Education and Training Review could be outdated before it is published, University of Law chief executive Nigel Savage has warned.

Law firms across the country have released their trainee retention figures for September 2012.

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HM Judiciary is advertising 21 fixed-term 10-month posts for full-time judicial assistants to the Court of Appeal’s civil division. 

The latest Association of Graduate Recruiters survey has revealed that the number of applicants going for each training contract vacancy has jumped from 35 to 65.5.

Some solicitors and barristers have said they will refuse to take on new criminal cases in protest at the government’s decision to cut legal aid fees for criminal cases by a further 8.75%.

Lauren Riley - solicitor and former Apprentice contestant - has announced that the app designed by her to streamline the working practices of busy lawyers will be aiming to raise £150,000 of equity funding via Crowd2Fund.

Nottingham Law School is launching an LLM in international energy, designed to prepare students for careers in the petrol and mining industries.

The social mobility scheme Pathways to Law is being widened to GCSE students, the Sutton Trust has announced. 

Following the announcement by the SRA in May 2012 that BVC/BPTC graduates may be granted exemption from attendance and assessment in certain areas of the LPC, London Metropolitan University is running a specialised 'Barrister to Solicitor LPC'.

The Law Society has issued guidance to legal aid solicitors who specialise in criminal law reminding them that they can exercise their discretion when deciding to accept cases if “the work threatens the viability of their firm”.

A report by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has argued that the UK legal market should address its over-capacity by cutting 5% of solicitor jobs.

Magic circle law firm Allen & Overy’s targets to reduce its absolute annual global carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

The University of Law has announced that it is making a new postgraduate loan of £10,000 available to its LLM and LPC students, funded via the Student Loans Company.