Barbara Mills KC has been elected as vice chair of the Bar Council 2024. 

LawCareers.Net's annual reader survey has left one aspiring solicitor £1,000 richer.

The backlog of crown court cases has increased by 3% on the previous quarter to 66,547, according to new figures published by the Ministry of Justice.

What is net zero and why must lawyers take an active interest?

Any government decision to impose further increases to civil court fees would result in far more money lost in tax revenues generated by legal work than would be raised by court fees, according to City solicitors and barristers. 

In this video I will discuss the difference between Chambers who recruit on the Pupillage Gateway and those who do not (Non Gateway Chambers).

Failures to disclose evidence caused the collapse of 47 rape and sexual assault cases in the first six weeks of 2018 alone, according to a review published by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Global legal training provider QLTS School revealed its Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses earlier in the week. The SQE is the new centralised assessments, which will be introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in September 2021.

Another week, another commercial news round-up. It’s time to take a look at the latest in the Post Office scandal, government targets for electric vehicle chargers and nuclear power, and rising High Speed 2 (HS2) costs.

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has announced that it is working with Rare, the specialist diversity recruitment company, to establish a scholarship for exceptional black and minority ethnic (BAME) students.

What are the implications of Brexit for the UK insurance and reinsurance markets in the short term and beyond?

With the madness associated with extreme temperatures abating (for one day at least), employ this brief period of coolness to gather your thoughts. We suggest stepping away from the fan and concentrating on improving your commercial awareness in advance of the interviews that you’re (hopefully) going to have lined up following your successful applications.

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives is a genuine alternative route to qualification for any aspiring lawyer.

The College of Law is holding a series of open days in October and November at each of its eight UK locations, designed to give students and graduates an insight into what the CoL has to offer and what’s going on in the legal profession.

US law firm Milbank LLP has published its year-end bonus figures for its associates, which will be between $15,000 (£12,000) and $115,000 (£90,000) depending on their experience level. 

Specialist diversity recruitment company Rare's Articles programme has won the Race for Opportunity Future Workforce Award 2013, facing down stiff competition from big-name organisations such as Sky and Microsoft.

Representative bodies and legal academics have welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling which makes it clear that an act of parliament must authorise the government’s future triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which will begin the process of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. 

Manchester Metropolitan University has been given conditional approval to deliver its new Bar course from September 2020 by the Bar Standards Board. 

Video interviewing is a great way for law firms and chambers to get to know candidates before inviting them to an in-person interview or assessment centre. There are key differences between interviewing virtually and in person, so it’s essential you’re prepared.