Nine City firms have signed up to the Vision for Literacy Business Pledge 2017, agreeing to take practical action to tackle low literacy in the United Kingdom. The firms involved are Allen & Overy, Baker McKenzie, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, Bird & Bird, Clifford Chance, Norton Rose Fulbright, Pinsent Mason, Slaughter and May, and Travers Smith.

The British Inter-University Commercial Awareness Competition (BIUCAC) is running for the third time this year, sponsored by over 20 City law firms.

City firms have lined up in support of diversity organisation Rare’s new ‘Vantage’ scheme, an online recruitment tool designed to help candidates from less-privileged backgrounds break through the artificial barriers holding them back from careers in law.

Twelve international City law firms have signed up to help develop a new ‘one-stop shop’ providing artificial intelligence (AI) software to lawyers.

Top earners at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP and Pinsent Masons LLP have had their remuneration increased to approximately £3.1 million.

City Law School has joined the Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme, aimed at improving social mobility in the legal profession.

Farrer & Co LLP is due to welcome its first cohort of solicitor apprentices in Autumn 2022, with The University of Law selected by the firm to deliver the academic programme aspect of the apprenticeship.

City firms have revealed plans to reduce office space, as lawyers forecast remote working to become the new norm.

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Three international law firms have teamed up with City University London to offer LLM students the chance to apply for three high-quality internships.

CityLawLIVE and NationalLawLIVE, LCN’s one-day student conferences for aspiring solicitors, have announced that they are jointly extending their deadline to Sunday 5 November. Giving applicants an additional week in which to submit will hopefully attract those students who may not have had the time to get their applications in for consideration.

Following the success of CityLawLIVE's first full-day conference, applications are now being accepted for the next event, to be held on Saturday 8 December in central London.

CityLawLIVE, the one-day student conference for aspiring City lawyers, has announced that it is extending its deadline for applications to Friday 7 November.

Human rights law has long been a popular choice for students and practitioners, with universities increasingly offering human rights modules as part of their law degrees, and ever more firms and chambers boasting specialisms in the field.

New research from the Social Mobility Foundation has revealed that those from working-class origins earn on average 13.05% less than their middle and upper-class peers.