The legal press, including Legal Business and the Law Society Gazette, have reported that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is seeking a Manchester office as part of a 'near-shoring' strategy.

With the deadline for first round Bar Professional Training Course applications looming on Thursday 12 January, the Bar Standards Board has published its annual standards-monitoring reports on every UK institution providing the course.

The energy and natural resources sector is an important part of the legal landscape and is currently making more headlines than ever before.

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 skillset, demonstrate these key skills on application forms and focus on areas you need to improve.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) launched new research surrounding gaps in access to justice.

In its strictest sense, a company lawyer will advise clients on the rules and requirements of the Companies Act 2006, which is the prevailing legislation governing how UK companies are incorporated, registered, governed and dissolved.

BLM and Clyde & Co LLP have announced that they will merge this summer.

Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP have announced the first 40 partner promotions for A&O Shearman, with women making up 42% of promotions across both firms. 

Our recent commercial awareness case study video uses the PESTLE technique (Political Economical Social Technological Legal Environmental) to analyse the implications of the recent Flybe government bailout. 

International firm Kingsley Napley has adopted the Halo Code – which “explicitly protects employees who come to work with natural hair and protective hairstyles associated with their racial, ethnic, and cultural identities” – and has formally incorporated the code into its dress and appearance policy.

All law firms should pay trainee solicitors a minimum salary of no less than £18,183 outside London and £20,276 in London, the Law Society has stated in a non-binding recommendation.

The Legal Aid Agency has been criticised for adding to funding problems which have created “advice deserts” around the UK by setting a maximum £35 case fee for immigration telephone advisers.

Membership organisation Solicitors for the Elderly has announced plans to rename itself as The Association of Lifetime Lawyers.  

As part of a focus on early legal careers at Kennedys, watch our video to find out more about being a Trainee Solicitor at Kennedys from Suleen Latif, who explains her application process, as well as sharing some top tips for being prepared for your assessment day.

Justice is absolute. But the law is a heady mix of acceptable compromise, injustice, corruption and politics – whatever makes the wheels run smoother. This is one of the key themes of Criminal Justice, BBC’s impressive five-part drama.

Co-operative Legal Services has announced that it is to enter the family law market, supported by three leading family law practitioners from TV Edwards LLP.

The LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards celebrated their 10th year with over 200 recruiters, partners, trainees and other friends joining the LawCareers.Net team for a chic riverside reception at the Design Museum, Shad Thames.