Today, the government officially launched a significant consultation on criminal legal aid, with the aim of addressing the legal aid crisis.

The Bar Standards Board has published its latest annual report summarising activities over 2017-18.

Stephenson Harwood and US-headquartered White & Case have revealed their trainee retention rates for the cohort qualifying in Autumn 2016.

Students at London South Bank University have honoured outstanding lawyers and campaigners in the fields of human rights and social justice with a new photo gallery project called ‘Inspired by Law’.

The new Solicitors Qualifying Examination could mean that prospective solicitors miss out on key aspects of legal work experience, the Junior Lawyers Division has warned.

The Bar Council and the Bar Standards Board have released results from a survey entitled "Barristers' Working Lives". It aimed to provide data on the Bar’s profile, and to gather insight into the working lives and employment experiences of barristers.

The government should not abandon access to physical courts in its drive to digitise the justice system because of the impact it would have on the poorest in society, leading judges and academics have warned.

A US judge has fined two lawyers for submitting fake citations generated by ChatGPT in a court filing.  

Last night the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) unveiled the winners of its second annual National Awards.

Millicent Grant, president of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx), has won this year’s Black Solicitors Network (BSN) Lawyer of the Year accolade at the UK Diversity Legal Awards.

The prestigious LawWorks and Attorney General Student Awards has opened for nominations.

The backlog at crown courts in England and Wales has hit a new high of 64,015 unresolved cases, according to data published last week by HM Courts and Tribunals Services. 

Students are urged to ensure that they don’t miss the chance to vote in the general election on 7 May 2015.

A leading academic has joined the chorus of criticism directed at the proposed new Solicitors Qualifying Examination, saying that it is “too good to be true”.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced that it will trial running the first part of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) – SQE1 – in Welsh.  

It’s been a busy start to 2023 for me, which is why I’ve been very quiet over on my socials… I’m thrilled to announce that earlier in January, I moved from Freeths LLP’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) team onto its legal assistant programme.

British FTSE 350 businesses expect the law firms they instruct to have gender diverse partnerships, but have a shocking lack of women in their own senior leadership teams, new research reveals.

The government has opposed calls from lawyers in the House of Lords to scale back the powers of the Legal Services Board, claiming instead that the current system is fit for purpose.

Barbara Mills KC has been elected as vice chair of the Bar Council 2024.