What could Brexit mean for the UK energy sector, including Hinkley Point C, the oil and gas industries, and skilled EU workers in Britain? 

How can W&I insurance make transactions easier and more secure?

From terrific to tat, every year a plethora of law firms attempt to win the affection (and applications) of aspiring lawyers by wooing them with branded freebies available to pick up at law fairs and other events. As an independent legal career advice provider, we see it as our job to summarise the best freebies available to eagle-eyed students. Here’s what we picked up this year.

Applications are now open for the LawCareersNetLIVE careers conferences taking place later this year.

A scholarship programme for Black law graduates which aims to provide work experience required to secure solicitor roles, funding for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and a practical way to “move forward with diversity in the profession” has been launched by Accutrainee.

The reasons that firms decide to merge are as varied as the firms themselves, but there are usually some key drivers – namely, the desire to expand, geographically or in terms of expertise, or to stay afloat. For the lawyers who find that the firm they joined is no longer the firm at which they work, there are normally a raft of opportunities and maybe especially so for trainees.

The reasons that firms decide to merge are as varied as the firms themselves, but there are usually some key drivers – namely, the desire to expand, geographically or in terms of expertise, or to stay afloat. For the lawyers who find that the firm they joined is no longer the firm at which they work, there are normally a raft of opportunities– and maybe especially so for trainees.