City practices Linklaters and Addleshaw Goddard have revealed their Spring newly qualified retention rates.

In an inaugural address at Inner Temple Hall last week, new chair of the Bar Council of England and Wales Barbara Mills KC set out her priorities for the year ahead, which include raising the profile of the family Bar and enhancing the wellbeing of the profession.

Traditionally, law firms have been run by partnerships – a group of senior lawyers who put their own money into the firm in return for a share of the profits. However, in the modern legal profession there are many different types of partnership, with huge variety in terms of how firms are structured.

Networking is a vital skill – not only for aspiring lawyers looking to gain employment or work experience – but also throughout a qualified lawyer’s career. Solicitors and barristers are always looking to bring in new business, make useful connections and learn more about the legal and business worlds, so networking is a key part of any lawyer’s working life.

A new alternative business structure created by two family law barristers is believed to be the first service to allow divorcing couples to use the same lawyer.

Throughout this series, I have covered six large or growing regional legal hubs that act as great alternatives if you do not think London is for you. But this is not to say that these are the only alternatives! In my final post of the series, I want to focus on various other cities which would also be great places to work in.

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.

Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, has confirmed that he will retire from his position in July.

What are the duties of, and risks for, company directors in the case of insolvency?

Video interviews have become the norm at law firms, barristers' chambers and other employers since the coronavirus pandemic began. Whether you are being interviewed for a vacation scheme, training contract or pupillage, there are some key differences between interviewing over webcam and in-person, so it is important to be prepared.

The Bar Council has furloughed 20% of its staff and introduced cuts to spending in a bid to support the profession during the coronavirus crisis.

Civil law involves relations between persons, and between persons and organisations.

In a week in which France’s beloved Notre Dame burnt but was not completely destroyed, climate change protestors took to the streets (and railways) of London, and Parliament and universities take a much-needed recess over the Easter break, there are lots of interesting business news stories that aspiring lawyers should be aware of.

The College of Law is to launch a new two-year LLB law degree which will focus on improving students' job prospects by honing their practical legal skills.

Promises to publish a review of the impact of legal aid cuts by Justice Secretary David Lidington have done little to raise the spirits of practitioners following the government’s latest fees decision, which slashed the amount of evidence that lawyers are paid to consider in legal aid cases. 

Students from the Queen Elizabeth Academy in Crediton have won the final of the Bar National Mock Trial Competition on 24 March, in the annual competition’s 21st year.