The nominees for the sixth annual Student Law Society Awards have been revealed, after LawCareers.Net received 42 submissions from presidents and committees and nearly 2,400 submissions from society members.

How are international joint-venture deals struck and what role do lawyers play?

US firm Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP has reinforced its London bankruptcy team in anticipation of the cost-of-living crisis.

At LawCareersNetLIVE 2022, we spoke to recruiters and trainees from DWF Group LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Addleshaw Goddard about the diversity and inclusion initiatives their firms have in place.

What will be the impact of the new proposed data protection regulation?

Twenty law firms and organisations have now been granted alternative business structure status, which allows legal services providers to be owned and/or managed by non-lawyers and operate in conjunction with other services.

Charles Plant, chairman of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, has asked the legal profession to question its recruitment methods.

If you’re interested in any client-facing role, it’s inevitable you’ve heard both firms and individuals stress the importance of commercial awareness. However, the legal profession is broad and diverse in the types of work that lawyers do. Does this mean that every type of lawyer needs to be commercially aware? This article explores both sides of this question.

What does the Trunki decision mean for EC regulations governing community registered designs?

Having worked in legal education and training for many years, and starting my career as a non-law graduate, I can confidently say that non-law graduates bring a wealth of valuable, transferable skills that law firms actively seek.

Hogan Lovells has announced plans to merge with US law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, in what the firms describe as the “largest law firm combination in history”.

For those considering the barrister route, you’re likely aware that the majority of barristers are self-employed, working as sole practitioners in chambers.

Linklaters, RPC and Taylor Wessing have revealed high trainee retention rates as we emerge from covid-19-induced lockdowns. 

This film from the National Apprenticeship Service explores the numerous benefits that the recently introduced Higher Apprenticeships in Legal Services scheme is providing to Weightmans. It features two of the firm’s apprentices, an associate and its learning and development manager.