Students at the University of Bolton are opening a free legal advice centre to help fill the huge gaps in services left by government cuts to legal aid.

Can we write a PESTLE analysis on (arguably?) the world’s biggest popstar? We’re going to give it a go. Are you ‘…Ready For It?’

The Sackers graduate solicitor apprenticeship programme offers aspiring solicitors an alternative path into the legal profession.

We’re delighted to have won two awards at LawCareers.Net’s Student Law Society Awards: ‘Best at student engagement’, sponsored by TLT LLP, and ‘Best law society overall’.

Mooting is one of the best things you can do to get a sense of what it's like to be a legal advocate, giving you the opportunity to get up on your feet and argue your case. It is also an impressive addition to any CV, whether you’re pursuing a career as a barrister or solicitor.

Further to news that the release date for the findings of the Legal Education and Training Review has again been delayed, the unique five-year qualifying degree offered by Northumbria University has been put on hold.

Qualifying work experience (QWE) is one of the four requirements needed to qualify as a solicitor via the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

Thursday 20 January 2022 is the first results day for part one of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). Candidates who sat SQE1 in November 2021 received their results at 3:00pm today via their SQE candidate accounts. 

The winners of the 2023 National Accident Helpline’s Future Legal Mind competition have been revealed, with Emily Eastburn-Pentreath taking the title for the postgraduate category and Stephanie Anais becoming the latest undergraduate winner. 

As my bio probably reveals, my name is Celine and I'm a current English undergraduate student at University College London or UCL (although not for much longer!).

I’d always wanted to pursue a career in the law, despite initially choosing to study English at university. After a year, I changed paths to study a law degree, even though it meant I had to complete my first year again.

As universities plan to hike tuition fees, some firms are to review the financial assistance on offer to their future trainees.

The University of Law has announced a new payment option, allowing full-time postgraduate students to pay by monthly direct debit.

European law firm Fieldfisher has partnered with global architecture and design firm Gensler to provide paid summer internships for students from Queen Mary University of London with disabilities or long-term health conditions. 

Has anyone else reached the point of the university year where your workload is so unmanageable that the only thing you do instead of facing it is watching TV? No? Just me? If you are looking for a way to salve your conscious as you turn your back on the hundreds of pages of reading you haven’t done yet (and which you promise yourself you will catch up on over Christmas), I would recommend watching something that is (however loosely) based around the law in some way. 

How did we get here? Let me rephrase, as I don’t mean to engage in philosophy or theology – why did you and I choose to study law, or why do we have an interest in a legal career?

A training contract, or qualifying work experience (QWE), is a two-year period spent working at a law firm or other organisation that employs solicitors. It’s one of the stages required to qualify as a solicitor.

The Government Legal Service, which is offering opportunities to trainee solicitors and pupil barristers, has been promoted by Attorney General Dominic Grieve to university career advisers.

I'm finishing my final year of a non-law degree. Is the application process for a vacation scheme or training contract more difficult or different for non-law students?

Students on Manchester Metropolitan University's BTPC course and police trainees recently took part in a full-scale mock trial, offering both sets of aspiring professionals the taste of their career future.