The Legal Aid Agency has been accused of being in denial about severe glitches in its client management and cost system.

The SRA is holding a series of talks across the country on the future of the legal profession.

International law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has increased salaries for its newly qualified (NQ) solicitors in London by 3% to £173,100. 

International firm Allen & Overy is set to house a special office for start-up ‘lawtech’ businesses. 

As reported in the Law Gazette, Director of Public Prosecutions Kier Starmer has vowed that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will become entirely paperless by April 2012.

International firm Hogan Lovells has joined the DiversCity mentoring scheme, the first programme specifically designed to provide informal support to LGBT students who aspire to a career in City law.

The Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council has announced the topic for its annual essay competition, sponsored by the Bar Council scholarship trust.

The Modern Law Awards last week honoured the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, Diane Burleigh OBE, for her lifetime of achievements in the legal profession.

Concern among lawyers regarding the rise of fee-earning McKenzie friends, notably among members of the Bar, has heightened following the dramatic ban of a McKenzie friend from the courtroom.

Students are invited to enter the sixth annual essay competition run by The Access to Justice Foundation in association with LawWorks, by submitting an article of between 750 and 1,000 words.

Winckworth Sherwood has been named the leading law firm in the United Kingdom for workplace gender and ethnic diversity by the Black Solicitors Network.

International law firm Dechert LLP has introduced mental health ‘first aiders’ among its staff.

The College of Law is encouraging attendees to its series of open days promoting its new two-year LLB, due to start in September 2012 at the College’s London Bloomsbury, Birmingham and Chester centres.

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The winners of the LawWorks Pro Bono Awards 2012 have been announced following a glamorous awards dinner held in June.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is set to recruit its first solicitor apprentices in September 2025, joining Linklaters LLP and Allen & Overy LLP as the third magic circle law firm to embrace this alternative route. 

Several law firms are rewarding their staff with extra pay or holiday as a ‘thank you’ for their efforts during the pandemic.

Lightsource Renewable Energy has recently been granted SRA accreditation to take on trainees, joining a small group of companies in the United Kingdom that offer in-house training contracts.

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