From the breaking news regarding the latest ruling over the government’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda to the latest updates on strikes in the NHS, this week we take you through the biggest commercial developments in the UK, with the aim of increasing your commercial awareness.

As well as keeping up with news within the legal profession itself, to demonstrate sound commercial awareness you must also stay up to date with other commercial news. Read this week’s round-up for our choice of some of the week’s commercial stories.  

There’s a lot of newsworthy information from the past week, and we’re here to put the top stories on your radar with this week’s commercial news round-up.

This week started with Prime Minister Boris Johnson setting out the roadmap to begin easing lockdown in the UK, with all restrictions due to be lifted by 21 June. But what else happened this week that you, as an aspiring lawyer, should know about? Read the round-up below for insight into some of the week’s news.

You can use LawCareers.Net’s weekly commercial news round-ups for a snippet of some of the week’s interesting stories that are likely to impact your shortlisted firms and their clients. 

Developing your commercial awareness is a critical skill that you must show and apply to increase your chances of success in the legal profession. Use this week’s commercial news round-up to catch-up on the latest news from the business and legal worlds and put your skills into practise.

The Race Fairness Commitment has been adopted by 17 top law firms in partnership with Rare Recruitment as part of their long-term strategies to help recruit, retain and develop black, Asian and minority ethnic talent within the legal profession.

After two years of research, punctuated by anticipation the Legal Education and Training Review research report has been published today, broadly stating that while the current system is not "fundamentally broken", there is room for improvement.

We are delighted to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 14th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards. The awards will be presented at a glamorous event at Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London on 18 May.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s latest report shows a drop in overall pass rate for the first part of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE), SQE1, from 53% in the November 2021 sitting to 51% in the January 2023 sitting.

Today we are pleased to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 11th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards.

We are pleased to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 13th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards. The awards will be presented at a glamorous event at Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London on 19 May.

The best paralegals in the legal profession were celebrated at the prestigious National Paralegal Awards on 23 September 2021.

Solicitors in England and Wales will celebrate Black History Month by embracing the ‘Proud to Be’ theme.

We are delighted to bring you details of those firms and individuals nominated for the 16th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony at Grace Hall in London on 16 May 2019.

Today we are pleased to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 10th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards.

LawCareers.Net is excited to announce the nominees for the 17^th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards, which this year will take place virtually.

We are delighted to bring you details of those firms and individuals nominated for the 15th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP published its 2021 pay gap report last week, revealing another positive year in the firm’s efforts to reduce its gender pay gap. 

The new centralised ‘super exam’ for qualifying solicitors which will replace the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course (LPC) does not amount to a “robust and effective measure of competence” and may end up costing students more than the current system, the University of Law has said.