In this webinar, sponsored by Ashurst, Norton Rose Fulbright and Travers Smith, hear from the horse's mouth what it’s really like to be a lawyer working in financial services and the type of clients you will be dealing with. Plus learn what skills you need to succeed with a panel of leading lawyers.

With London’s free legal advice centres closing at the rate of one a month towards the end of 2011, the London Legal Support Trust is planning to hold several events in 2012 to raise funds to prevent further closures throughout the year.

BPP University College of Professional Studies became BPP University on 6 August 2013.

Magic circle firm Slaughter and May has set social mobility targets, aiming to increase the representation of lawyers and other employees from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in the firm. 

On 23 July 2025, in a decision that’s already being called historic, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its long-awaited advisory opinion on states’ obligations in relation to climate change. The key takeaway being states can’t sit on their hands while the planet burns. Failing to act on climate change can now amount to an internationally wrongful act, with real legal consequences.

There’s a theme to this week’s commercial news round-up and that’s carmakers announcing that they will be cutting jobs in the UK, and high street department stores reporting a fall in sales as the retail slump continues. 

At LawCareersNetLIVE 2022, we spoke to recruiters and trainees from DWF Group LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Addleshaw Goddard about how firms can encourage inclusivity.

At our LawCareersNetLIVE Virtual event on 9 and 10 December 2025, the panel of top law firm partners addressed the key issues affecting law firms in 2026. The session helped delegates understand how firms operate as businesses and the role they will play as trainees.

Here are your options for your SQE route to becoming a solicitor.

If you meet the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) transitional arrangements, meaning you can continue to qualify via the LPC, you should be looking for as much information as possible about the various schools still offering the LPC before you apply.

What needs to be proved so that a claim for the recovery of staff time can succeed in litigation?

Can Rome II handle pure economic loss?

Kaplan has been appointed to run the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam, but students, law firms and academics have still received no information on what the assessment will cost.

What’s greenwashing and how can organisations navigate green advertising?

Things have come to a pretty pass when you look to commercial news for some light relief from the terrifying political news that keeps bursting onto our screens with ever-more alarming headlines. However, as that is the situation in which we find ourselves, soothe your anxiety with this selection of relatively-stress-free business stories.

The BBC is to continue its trainee solicitor recruitment programme following a successful first two years.