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Lucy gives her advice for managing work/life balance, outlines her experiences working in family law and emphasises the importance of being yourself in applications. 

What are the confidentiality issues in the recent dispute between the Beckhams and the News of the World?

Founded in 2011, PRIME now has 61 firms involved, 27 partner organisations and has given out more than 12,000 weeks of work experience.

The nominees for the fifth annual Student Law Society Awards have been revealed, after an overwhelming response of more than 2,700 submissions from student law society members, and 38 submissions from presidents and committees.

Lawyers in England and Wales are poised to withdraw from criminal legal aid work in a pay dispute, which could severely impact the justice system. The Law Society plans to advise members to "withdraw or scale back" their legal aid services unless the government takes “meaningful action”.

The majority of practising solicitors are women, but men still occupy a disproportionate number of positions at partner level, according to the Law Society’s latest annual statistics report.

Global law firm DWF has acquired Zing365, a specialist provider of compliance training to the insurance and financial services sectors, to add to its Connected Services offering.

Why is health and safety compliance for businesses more important than ever?

Students from BPP Law School, The City Law School and the University of Law will be competing in the first Young Legal Minds commercial negotiation competition on Monday 14 October.

Read our top 10 tips for making a great impression when on a vacation scheme and getting the most out of the experience.

All solicitors’ firms and barristers’ chambers want to see the same handful of key skills in trainees and pupils. This guide explains how to self-assess your own skillset and improve the areas that need work, and how to demonstrate these key skills on application forms.

Can you claim for stress after a data breach?

All you need to know about life as a Maple Teesdale trainee!

Top 50 law firm Birketts LLP has announced it will merge with Batchelors Solicitors, a leading firm based in London and Kent.The merger is set to complete on the 31 March 2023 and is the latest step in Birketts’ growth trajectory.

Video interviews have become the norm at law firms, barristers' chambers and other employers following the transition online in March 2020. Although the recent easing of restrictions signals a gradual return to normality, you can be certain that firms and chambers will continue to use video interviewing. There are key differences between interviewing over webcam and in person, so it is important to be prepared.

I understood the gist of IP law – working with creatives and businesses to protect their ideas from copyright infringement – but had never fully explored it. From that uncertainty and curiosity, this article was born: so if, like me, you're curious about IP law, read on!