What is blockchain technology and what is its relevance to both the legal profession and the mining industry?

Lawyers in Schools offers an opportunity for law firm employees to volunteer in the classroom: sharing knowledge and understanding on a variety of legal issues.

At LCN we usually focus on UK legal matters, but the unprecedented events involving hundreds of US lawyers and several principled judges in the United States over the weekend are of such global importance to those who value the law and legal process that we wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t report them and compile some useful links for the aspiring legal practitioners who comprise our readers.

What do general counsels look for in their lawyers?

What are company voluntary arrangements and what impact do they have on landlords?

Today we are pleased to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 11th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards.

Today we are pleased to bring you details of the firms and individuals who are nominated for the 10th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards.

For this blog post, I thought I would look at some of my role models in the industry right now.

The body overseeing legal aid decisions in England and Wales is being taken to court by human rights organisation Liberty over its refusal to help homeless people challenge potentially unlawful treatment by local councils.

The government's legal aid bill has suffered a third defeat in the House of Lords.

Legal aid firms are being urged to claim a potential £100 million in unbilled fees as they try to weather the effects of the coronavirus crisis, a minister reported in early May.

On 15 March 2022, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab announced long-awaited plans to reform the legal aid system.

On this page you will find details of legal apprenticeship positions available at various firms and organisations. The page will be updated as and when we are made aware of new positions. Please keep checking back to find out about new opportunities.

Last week, law firms and legal departments across the country promoted legal apprenticeship vacancies as part of National Apprenticeship Week.

HM Revenue and Customs and Carillion Advice Service have both separately announced the expansion of their legal apprenticeship programmes, as legal apprenticeships continue to take off among law firms and companies’ in-house legal teams. 

It’s the new year; new year’s resolutions are being flippantly passed around in quick conversations with colleagues, friends and family alike.

What legal dilemmas could future genetic advances pose?

In a recent report, Shoosmiths found that 82% of in-house senior lawyers expect to increase spending on legal disputes over the next three years.

The number of in-house lawyers will have grown much further by 2020, while technological advances could mean a legal profession with fewer solicitors and more paralegals and computers, a landmark report by the Law Society has predicted.

Solicitors in England and Wales will celebrate Black History Month by embracing the ‘Proud to Be’ theme.