The combination of Brexit and the pandemic might make keeping up with the news more hectic than normal. Read on for round-ups of several interesting stories from the past week.

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If commercial awareness means to you trawling through the broadsheet newspapers every day to find out what’s happening in the stock market, you’re probably doing it wrong. It’s about bitesize chunks of knowledge and keeping updated with the most recent goings on in the business world – and understanding how these cross over into the world of law, technology and politics.

After two years of pandemic-induced lockdowns, it’s finally time to emerge from the corners of your bedroom and catch some rays! This article outlines four ways future lawyers can have a guilt-free summer.

As we approach the big training contract deadline this weekend, now is the perfect time to sharpen your commercial acumen. Have a flick through some of the biggest news from this week to find out whether cannabis will become part of our future and if the UK economy will bounce back.

This week we saw Netflix move beyond TV shows and films, Nike lose its latest round in court, Boohoo partner with the Alshaya group and Apple launch a buy now pay later service in partnership with Goldman Sachs. What are the key takeaways from this commercial news? Can you see any trends or patterns? Which sectors are continuously doing well and which sectors are struggling in today’s climate? 

By now you’ll have an idea of your interests in and outside of law school and will be looking to embark to take your final steps towards the legal industry.

The majority of courses are delivered in two stages. 

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As a part of our Inclusion for All strategy, we continue to look at our behaviours, policy and process changes, and ways of working that enable Gowling WLG (UK) LLP to be truly diverse.

As a part of our Inclusion for All strategy, we continue to look at our behaviours, policy and process changes, and ways of working that enable Gowling WLG (UK) LLP to be truly diverse.

With the decisive 2019 general election already feeling like a distant memory, the focus of business has turned away from crunch votes and frantic parliamentary wrangling over Brexit to the many other tricky decisions and geopolitical issues that Boris Johnson’s government must now carefully navigate. 

As the second week of January draws to a close, recapping on the previous year’s top commercial news stories is a great task for aspiring lawyers. Which stories are still relevant? Are you up to date on how Bitcoin is performing? What’s happening in legal tech that you should be aware of? 

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In recent years the four Inns of Court have dished out millions of pounds in awards.

The government is using the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – which modernises EU data protection law – as cover for its attempts to remove key rights from people subject to UK immigration procedures, a Labour MEP has alleged.

More than three quarters of candidates who took the SQE2 in April passed.

The full version of an internal Ministry of Justice report detailing the concerns of judges about people forced to represent themselves in court due to legal aid cuts has been leaked, despite the government’s attempts to conceal its existence. The government has now been reported to the Information Commissioner for an alleged breach of freedom of information law.

The Pupillage Gateway opened on Thursday 2 January 2025. Prospective barristers now have a month to apply for pupillage vacancies at barristers’ chambers before the Gateway closes on Thursday 6 February 2025. Meanwhile, some other sets have earlier application deadlines.

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