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.

The Vernon Cade Fund is offering financial assistance to trainee solicitors in Cambridgeshire, in the form of a grant of somewhere between £500 and £2,000.

As the Lawyer reports, flexible working has come under scrutiny at Ashurst as part of a long-term project to improve the firm's working environment.

LawCareers.Net’s user survey found that 89% rate LCN ‘useful’ or ‘very useful’, with respondents praising “how accessible it is” and “how much useful information there is, especially for free”.

The SRA began accepting applications from organisations seeking to become alternative business structures yesterday.

Whether this is your first application cycle or your fifth, identifying the right law firm for you might be the most important stage in the process.

Long since labelled a ‘male-dominated industry’, the legal profession is having its gendered division challenged by women solicitors joining at three times the rate of men.

The backlog of crown court cases in England and Wales has hit a record high of 60,000 cases, with one-fifth of cases taking more than a year to be heard.  

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Legal pro bono charity LawWorks is set to feature in a BBC Radio 4 Appeal fronted by the presenter and comedy writer Clive Anderson this Sunday, 22 January. 

The legal healthcare charity LawCare’s review of 2012 has reported that stress issues continue to be the most frequent reason that lawyers call its helpline.

On Sunday 1 January Mishcon de Reya LLP and Taylor Vinters LLP completed their merger after it was first announced in September 2021. A joint statement confirmed that more than 200 staff joined Mishcon de Reya, including 145 fee-earners and 60 business operations and legal staff as part of the merger.  

The attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC MP, once again hosted the annual LawWorks & Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards at the House of Commons.