Legal training provider BARBRI has revealed more details about its Solicitors Qualifying Exam preparation courses, including the fees that will be charged to students and the study options for each course.

The University of Law’s Employment Promise is now offered to its LLM Legal Practice and Business School students. The promise will see students receive 100% of their course fees back if they do not secure a job nine months after completing their course.

The final guidelines for prosecutions involving social media communications have been published by the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC.

Leading law firm A&O Shearman has retained 69% of its summer trainee cohort, with 37 out of the 54 trainees having accepted permanent positions.

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

Another mixed bag of business news this week – some up, most down. Guess that’s to be expected in this time of unprecedented economic uncertainty. Even if you’re in the final throes of training contract application fever, read on for our hand-picked selection of stories.

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.

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

We are pleased to bring you the names of the outstanding individual law lecturers who have been nominated by their students for the prestigious LCN Best Law Lecturer award. The winner will be announced at the 14th annual LCN Training & Recruitment Awards, held at Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London on Thursday 18 May.

The University of Exeter is to once again provide the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course after agreeing to collaborate with The University of Law.