All solicitors’ firms and barristers’ chambers desire a specific set of skills from their trainees and pupils. This guide explains how to self-assess your skill set, demonstrate these key skills on application forms and focus on areas you need to improve.

City lawyers could be hit with job losses and stagnant or declining pay amid the harsh consequences of the financial year, according to The Times.  

Lawyers working in London are continuing to see their salaries rise year on year, according to a recent salary survey by international consultancy company Robert Walters.

The reasons that firms decide to merge are as varied as the firms themselves, but there are usually some key drivers – namely, the desire to expand, geographically or in terms of expertise, or to stay afloat. For the lawyers who find that the firm they joined is no longer the firm at which they work, there are normally a raft of opportunities– and maybe especially so for trainees.

From trainee to partner, Ian Masser discusses his 20-year journey at Beale & Co, the skills needed to become a partner, the importance of understanding how a firm runs as a business and the most rewarding parts of his role.

In all the apocalyptic, post-Brexit scenarios, no one was likely to have predicted the worst outcome of all – a lack of Marmite in some parts of the United Kingdom.

For the past 10 months, myself and so many other students have laboriously revised for, and undertaken exams. But these were not just any exams, these were open-book, online exams (doesn’t quite have the same flavour as the M&S advert does it?). In this blog, I will set out my top tips for preparing for online, open-book exams and discuss the different elements that doing these assessments virtually brings to the table. Whether you’re taking an LLB, Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course, or studying for any form of course or assessment online in pursuit of a legal career this year, this will almost certainly apply to you.  

Kings College London has launched a scholarship programme worth £2 million each year for law students who display academic excellence, leadership potential and ambition.

A businessman known for laying off thousands of workers has been appointed to oversee the government’s £1 billion court reforms.

Over 7,000 members of the legal profession turned out for the ninth annual London Legal Walk, which took place on 20 May.

City law firm Kingsley Napley LLP has announced a new enhanced ‘Time-off for Dependents’ policy, which surpasses the UK’s statutory obligations.

Another week, another set of business stories to keep on top of. Here are just some that you should lavish your attention on.

Aspiring solicitors don’t get the chance to interact directly with lawyers and partners from leading law firms often. Law fairs and many virtual events usually provide brief encounters with recruiters or trainees, while vacation schemes and internships remain fiercely competitive. LawCareersNetLIVE bridges this gap with its workshops.

Publicly listed firm Gordon Dadds is in merger talks with Ince & Co, which if successful will create a major new international law firm.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has announced the appointment of Paul Phillip, currently deputy chief executive of the General Medical Council as its new chief executive.