A new programme to help young people access work experience in the legal sector has received support from some top firms, as well as the government’s skills minister, Matthew Hancock.

In May 2023, 18-year-old Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, better known online as ‘Mizzy’, shot to fame after filming himself walking into people’s houses, stealing a woman’s dog, riding a bike around a supermarket and doing similar ‘pranks’.

The Legal Education Foundation has established the Justice First Fellowship Scheme to boost careers in social welfare law; in the first round of recruitment, seven training contracts will be available with host organisations in England and Scotland.

Plans by the government to extend the hours at which courts are open to as late as 8:30pm have been met with resistance from across the legal profession.

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Operation Early Dawn has been reintroduced to ease prison overcrowding in the north of England, following the sentencing of rioters who engaged in violent unrest across parts of the UK earlier this month. 

At LawCareersNetLIVE 2019, we spoke to partners and trainee solicitors from Baker McKenzie, BLM and Osborne Clarke about how lawyers can juggle work-life balance, and what firms are doing to support employees.