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The Future Legal Mind Award 2020 has been launched by National Accident Helpline.
Dentons has set a 20% partner diversity target for its UK, Ireland and Middle East partnership in response to the Black Lives Matter protests.
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A legal aid support package was unveiled last week, which the government claims will help legal aid practitioners through the coronavirus pandemic.
International firm Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has increased its newly qualified (NQ) lawyer salaries by 14% to £120,000 plus bonus, effective from July 2022, despite the NQ salary war potentially slowing down.
LawCareers.Net’s recent early career lawyer diversity survey has found that 76% of aspiring or junior lawyers agree or strongly agree that law firms often contain ‘old boys’ clubs’, while nearly 70% believe firms aren’t doing enough to promote diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.
Jonathan Wood, partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, gives his advice on developing a commercial outlook and understanding the law firm as a business.
The Legal Education Foundation has announced the appointment of two new governors, while confirming that its latest round of grants total over £500,000.
Lawyers in Schools offers an opportunity for law firm employees to volunteer in the classroom: sharing knowledge and understanding on a variety of legal issues.
With one on-campus centre and a second based in The Settlement, East Manchester, the University of Manchester Legal Advice Centre provides free and confidential legal advice to members of the public during teaching semesters.
The prison population in England and Wales has reached a record high, increasing by nearly 1,000 people in just one month. The number of jail sentences given to individuals involved in recent riots is said to have contributed to this spike.
In July 2024, Waterstones was criticised for dismissing Tilly Fitzgerald, a bookseller and book influencer, who told author Christina Dalcher on X (formally Twitter) that she was “going to throw away her books” in response to Dalcher’s gender-critical beliefs.
In effect, the GDL replaces the law degree. Its content focuses on the seven foundations of legal knowledge that represent the basic knowledge requirements for the LPC.
