According to new research undertaken by the Bar Council, government legal panels are “disproportionately White”. 

The first LCN Podcast episode of the new year covers what mooting is, how to develop your skills, tips for novice mooters and how to discuss your mooting experience in your applications to legal employers.

New alternative business structure entrants to the legal profession are winning a lot of business through major affinity and partnership deals with non-legal companies, a report has revealed.

For the first time in history, the most senior judge in England and Wales will be a woman.  

Farrer & Co LLP has launched a free training guide for prospective lawyers to improve their commercial acumen – a skill that all law firm recruiters look for in candidates. 

There are many things you can do to help you on your way to becoming a barrister. Read LawCareers.Net’s five tips – whether you’re just getting started, have finished university or are thinking of a career change, take note of this advice and consider what you can put into action.

Big changes are sweeping the legal profession - not least to the ways in which you can become part of it and how you will be trained once you get there.

The workplace is open and friendly, and you feel like you can approach people to ask questions. There is great scope for direct client contact.

Spark 21, the charity behind the First 100 Years project that works to celebrate, inform and inspire future generations of women lawyers, brought together leading women from the world of law and beyond at its annual conference on Wednesday.

The National Paralegal Awards, hosted by the Professional Paralegal Register, is taking place on Thursday 22 September at the Iconic Grand Hotel in Birmingham. This is the fourth year the awards has run.

Fraud can take place on a small scale (say credit card skimming) or a vast scale (when a rogue trader at an investment bank loses billions).

It’s been another week of political upheaval with several MPs from the Labour and Conservative parties breaking away to form the new Independent Group. With just over a month until B-Day – the day Britain officially leaves the EU – and with nobody really sure what will happen afterwards, the business world is already facing the repercussions. More on that, and other issues, in this week's commercal news round-up.