Further to news last week that Cobbetts planned to go into administration, with DWF intending to buy the ailing firm, the deal has now gone ahead.

While Theresa May attempts to get her EU withdrawal deal through for the third time in the coming days (see #BrexitMayhem on Twitter), there is one thing we know for sure about Brexit: nobody knows what will happen and how it will affect the British economy. So, is it a matter of keep calm and carry on? 

Queen Mary, University of London has announced the launch of a new flexible, English-language LLM in Paris.

The transition from sixth form to university, especially at the height of the pandemic, was quite challenging (for context, I attended an international school outside the UK).

In this Practice Area Profile, partner Sarbajeet Nag shares his career journey and work in the leveraged finance team at international law firm Milbank LLP.

The widespread unavailability of legal aid is putting people’s human rights at risk, MPs have warned in report published by the justice select committee.

An increasing number of law firms are running events that target first-year law students, with a view to attracting them to their firm at the earliest possible stage. For full details on which firms are running first-year law specific open days and vacation schemes, see the table below: 

Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance is considering rolling out its trainee stress-reducing programme to staff throughout the firm.

What are freeports and how will they work in the UK post Brexit?

President of the Law Society of England and Wales, Mark Evans, commented on the Justice Committee’s report on UK prisons, saying the findings shine “a light on a prison system in desperate need of support and investment”.

Hello everyone! My name’s John, and I’m a new blogger here on LawCareers.Net. I’m currently in my third year of a four-year Scots law LLB at the University of Aberdeen, and like many of you, I’m an aspiring solicitor.

Magic circle law firm Linklaters has announced a partnership with education and training provider BARBRI Global to prepare overseas-qualified lawyers for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).

“AI has very high potential to help firms, consumers and the wider justice system,” according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) latest Risk Outlook series. 

MRC offers education, childcare assistance and legal advice to migrants and refugees.

BPP University College is offering a last chance to undertake a law degree at the current rate of £3,225 per year before increases in course fees are implemented in September.

Many final-year students will have started their dissertations alongside their final-year modules in September. After the January exams are when the pressure to make real progress on it really hits.