The Windrush generation refers to a group of Commonwealth citizens who immigrated to Britain from Caribbean countries between 1948-1971. In 1948, the British Nationality Act 1948 was introduced, creating the status of 'citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies' who had a right of abode in the UK.

Kingsley Napley LLP has announced its collaboration with legal tech startup Let’s Think to create a knowledge amplification tool, The Knowledge Exchange. According to the firm, the tool is the first behavioural science AI based knowledge amplification tool within the legal industry.

If you’re applying for training contracts at commercial law firms, there’s one hurdle you’re almost guaranteed to face: the assessment centre.

Will employers find it harder to rely on consent to process their employees’ personal data when the new law comes into force?

Leftover covid rules allow pubs to serve takeaway pints (but not for much longer), Trump’s in legal trouble yet again and M&A is booming. Plus, is Barbie the reason behind a potential new addition to the stock market? All this and the latest football news in this week’s commercial news round-up. 

Leading law firm Paul Hastings LLP has partnered with diversity platform Aspiring Solicitors to host its first London office mentoring scheme for university students from diverse backgrounds, following conversations about racial inequality in the legal profession.

The University of Law and Linklaters have confirmed that they have renewed a five-year partnership with The University of Law as the exclusive training provider for Linklaters.

The nominees for the seventh annual Student Law Society Awards have been revealed, after LawCareers.Net received 37 submissions from presidents and committees and nearly 2,000 submissions from society members across the UK.

While you may be breathing a sigh of relief that the biggest vacation scheme deadline of the year has now passed, there is no time to rest on your laurels when it comes to improving your commercial awareness – if you get invited to interview, you need to have a few aces up your sleeve. The best place to start is by keeping an eye on the big business stories of the day – a task that we are only too happy to help with.

Managing partner of Brabners LLP, Nik White, discusses the importance of work experience, the qualification process at Brabners and the firm’s work on the ‘Wagatha Christie’ case. 

What’s a sustainability-linked loan and how does this impact on borrowers and lenders?  

UK top 20 firm DWF has launched a new legal apprenticeship scheme in partnership with BPP University Law School.

What is servitization and what are the legal challenges associated with it?

We’ve picked out four headlines from the past week and summarised them in today's round-up. Read on to get your 2024 commercial awareness resolutions off to a good start. 

Only a small percentage of students on Legal Practice Courses are succeeding in their pursuit of a training contract.

At LawCareersNetLIVE 2019, we spoke to recruiters and trainee solicitors from Burges Salmon, Squire Patton Boggs and Womble Bond Dickinson about how students should go about researching a law firm and its culture before applying.