We are delighted to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 14th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards. The awards will be presented at a glamorous event at Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London on 18 May.

Trainees from DWF Group Limited, Shoosmiths and Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP share how they’re finding LawCareersNetLIVE – from speaking to students on the stand to reflecting on the value of the day. Some also look back on attending earlier in their legal journey as delegates, and the support it offered during the application process.

What should lawyers know about money laundering?

At the Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference on Saturday, chair of the Bar, Andrew Langdon QC, spoke to over 500 guests, including legal luminaries such as Sir Keir Starmer QC MP, Professor Richard Susskind OBE and Lady Justice Hallet.

With sexual harassment still prevalent in many workplaces, what can employers do to prevent this behaviour?

In this article, I'll be examining the business within law firms. More specifically, two practice areas whose names are commonly interchanged with business: the areas of corporate and commercial law.

Intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for a variety of different rights which protect intellectual creations, such as inventions, brands, designs, and literary and artistic works.

The Solicitor Regulation Authority’s plan to allow solicitors to practise from unregulated businesses has been met with criticism and lobbying, although solicitors in small firms are still mainly ignorant about the proposed changes.

The firm was really open and transparent throughout the process, and notified us of the outcome very quickly.

Private equity: where does all the money come from and what is leveraged finance?

Does the recently enacted Modern Slavery Act go far enough in assisting migrant domestic workers in Britain?

A report on the experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) solicitors by The Law Society identified that BAME solicitors earn 25% less on average than their white counterparts.

Clinical or medical negligence lawyers advise in relation to instances of injury or death arising from incorrect or sub-standard medical treatment or diagnosis.

Details of a new postgraduate law conversion course to replace the GDL when the Solicitors Qualifying Exam comes into effect in 2021 have been released by BPP University Law School.

This LawCareers.Net masterclass, sponsored by Bristows LLP, discusses what it’s really like to work in intellectual property (IP). From patents to trademarks, find out what IP means, the kinds of work lawyers in this area undertake and the types of clients you’ll be dealing with.

In this article, I'll be breaking down this trend – as well as analysing its impacts on the legal industry at large.