Advocates for International Development is an international charity that provides legal support to help communities fight poverty and improve their basic services and amenities.

Who can initiate an investigation of potential cartel conduct?

Chartered legal executives have become the first UK legal professionals to recite an oath upon qualification.

Apprenticeships in the legal sector have been gaining momentum over the past couple of years. The traditional route to being a lawyer has been challenged by, among other things, the apprenticeship levy, the rise of legal executives, increasing paralegal numbers, alternative business structures and most recently the Solicitors Qualifying Exam.

Two mergers went live on 1 February. Howard Kennedy and Finers Stephen Innocent have rebranded to become HowardKennedyFsi following their merger, while Oxford firm Henmans has merged with leading regional firm Freeth Cartwright to become Henmans Freeth.

In an era where the climate crisis and biodiversity loss are top concerns worldwide, governments are under increasing pressure to act swiftly and decisively. The United Kingdom is no exception.

The SRA is currently holding a series of focus groups and running an online survey as part of its consultation into whether it should continue to have a minimum rate of pay for trainee solicitors.

The idea that the fairy tale is worthy of study by legal scholars may seem uncomfortable to many, with many wondering how the childish world of fantasy stories has anything to do with the sophisticated study of law. However, without the belief in a just world and the fair English legal system, there would be anarchy and no structure to society; thus, the promise of a just world is what allows us as a society to overcome violence. In short, fairy tales and the law are similar because they teach the same simple lesson: misbehave and you will be sorry because justice always prevails.

The student-run pro bono clinic at Northumbria University, Student Law Office, has secured more than £130,000 in compensation for its clients in 2013/14.

Nabarro LLP, Simmons & Simmons and Slater & Gordon have been singled out for praise at the National Council for Work Experience Awards 2013, marking them out as some of the UK's best internship providers.

In a recent speech to the Financial Services Lawyers Association, Nick Clegg said that the legal profession must radically improve diversity.

A scholarship programme for Black law graduates which aims to provide work experience required to secure solicitor roles, funding for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and a practical way to “move forward with diversity in the profession” has been launched by Accutrainee.

The first two people to have completed the Accutrainee programme have been taken on by the firms at which they trained.