Law firms are avoiding reporting the true extent of their gender pay gaps and regulations should be updated to force them to be transparent, Conservative MP Maria Miller has said.

Kaplan Law School's plan to introduce an admissions test for entry onto its LPC course has been blocked by the SRA, according to a recent report in the Lawyer.

Two firms have stepped up their contributions to making law a more gender-equal profession, with Freshfields banning “Dear sirs” as a way to begin communications and Latham & Watkins launching a breastmilk delivery programme for its travelling lawyers. 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has approved the alternative business structure licence for Jordans Corporate Law.

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

A group of lawyers at international law firm Dentons have reported a decrease in their stress levels after completing a new mindfulness scheme.

The Treasury Solicitor’s department has become the first government department to commit to the Law Society diversity charter, making it the 400th signatory to date.

Professional support charity LawCare has released its annual statistics from 2015, revealing that it received just over 900 calls to its helpline, made by 496 individuals.

Applications for The Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme (DAS) 2021 – “a scholarship with a difference” – opened on Monday 1 March.

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Browne Jacobson LLP, Linklaters LLP and Allen & Overy LLP are among 41 law firms on the 2023 Social Mobility Employer Index, with the legal profession retaining its place as the best-represented sector in the index this year. 

In 2020, the British economy suffered its worst annual downturn in 300 years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The support charity LawCare has recently published its review of 2013, revealing that almost one in five lawyers complaining of stress are being bullied in the workplace.

National law firm Shoosmiths has been recognised at three awards events, including LawCareers.Net’s Training and Recruitment Awards, in the area of graduate employment.

Riverview Law, the new ABS entrant to the legal services market, is set to offer 10 training contracts and 10 legal apprenticeships this year.

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has promised new legislation to outlaw unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold system, including a ban on leaseholds for almost all new-build houses. 

LawWorks has announced that nominations for the LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards 2012 have just opened.

The College of Law's new two-year LLB, which focuses on boosting students' employment prospects and professional skills, will launch this autumn at the CoL's Birmingham, Chester, Guildford and London Bloomsbury centres.

The Hackney Community Law Centre has launched a new service, in conjunction with students and staff from BPP Law School, to help people fill out their disability living allowance and employment support allowance forms.