Lawyers at Linklaters LLP be offered new flexibilities around when they take their bank holidays under the firm’s new holiday scheme.  

The National College of Legal Training is offering two lucky winners the chance to knock £5,000 each off their course fees with a £10,000 sweepstake.

What will happen to the protections offered by EU geographical indications (GIs) after Brexit?

Yorkshire personal injury firm Minster Law has been bought by BGL Group, insurance intermediary and owner of comparethemarket.com.

While aspiring lawyers are not expected to know absolutely everything about the law, one key skill that law firms are seeking in their future trainees is commercial awareness; which is why we have collated some of the week’s most important updates all in one place. It is vital that you have a solid grasp on how the business and legal worlds are currently faring in the current climate and can apply this knowledge in your training contract applications and interviews.

A law apprenticeship combines an interesting job and training at a law firm with part-time study.

The number of full-time LPC students has shrunk by over eight percent for the 2013-14 academic year.

Law firms may soon be changing their web addresses to take advantage of a new domain, '.law', which is likely to be authorised by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the body that coordinates internet addresses.

I am constantly trying to improve my commercial awareness and decided that it was time to vlog about it! Join me as I share what the term means to me and the ways in which I stay commercially aware.

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has confirmed that it will allow trainee solicitors from its London and Hong Kong offices to do an overseas secondment in Australia.

It's important to make the most out of these events – here are some key questions and topics of discussion that’ll help you do just that.

As various providers and firms celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2014, two law firms confirm that they will launch legal apprenticeship schemes for school leavers.

A number of firms have signed up to a social mobility initiative launched by the government last year.

Leading multinational firm Dentons has launched a second ‘PopLaw’ legal advice clinic in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, following the success of its first weekly pro bono centre in the Poplar area of the borough. 

Eloise Skinner (lawyer, author and yoga/meditation teacher) takes you through her top wellness tips for aspiring lawyers. 

Exam questions in all Solicitors Qualifying Exam assessments will be reviewed for bias against black and minority ethnic candidates, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.

A majority of the public would support a ban on long-term unpaid internships and measures to stop internships being given out informally, such as to the children of employees, a study by the Social Mobility Commission suggests. 

In this Practice Area Profile, leveraged finance partner Laura Bonamis shares her interesting legal journey and what life's like at Milbank LLP. Watch to find out more about the work of a leveraged finance lawyer, the skills you need to suceed and the importance of balancing work and social life.

The legal profession had its biggest turnout yet at the London Legal Walk earlier in May.

Can investment in renewable energy help drive economic growth in Africa?