In a gradual but consistent improvement, 10 law firms now appear in this year’s workplace equality index, which is annually compiled by the gay rights charity, Stonewall.

Browne Jacobson LLP, Linklaters LLP and Allen & Overy LLP are among 41 law firms on the 2023 Social Mobility Employer Index, with the legal profession retaining its place as the best-represented sector in the index this year. 

More than 20 law firms and five barristers’ chambers have signed up to the #10000blackinterns initiative, alongside the Law Society and Bar Council, with the Law Society urging other firms to get involved.

Fiona Woolf CBE, the corporate lawyer recently appointed as the new lord mayor of the City of London, has been announced as The University of Law chancellor.

In a pilot LGBT mentoring scheme being launched in April by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, 10 large law firms have signed up to offer free help and advice to small and medium-sized firms on how to become more inclusive employers.

We’re delighted to have won two awards at LawCareers.Net’s Student Law Society Awards: ‘Best at student engagement’, sponsored by TLT LLP, and ‘Best law society overall’.

What is being done about the problems regarding electricity supply/demand in the United Kingdom?

How are the regulators adapting?

The deadlines for training contract applications are getting ever closer, making it increasingly important for you to stay up to date with the latest news from the business and legal worlds. We have selected some of the biggest news stories from the past week and summarised them below – your next step is to delve into the details of a story that interests you and analyse its implications. Remember, to succeed in a training contract interview – among other things – you must show that you can ‘think business’.

To what extent will the agreement concerning the Hinkley nuclear power project inform the implementation of reforms to the electricity market?

CMS will be offering 95 training contract places in the coming recruitment year, making it the second-highest training contract provider in the UK.

What will be the impact of the new proposed data protection regulation?

Most trainee-hiring law firms run work experience schemes and events specifically for first-year students. So, if you’re seriously considering becoming a solicitor, you’ll be doing yourself a big favour by making sure you attend one or two during your first year at university. Use this list of firms offering opportunities to first-year students to get you started!

Most trainee-hiring law firms now run work experience schemes and events specifically for first-year students, so if you’re seriously considering becoming a solicitor, you’ll be doing yourself a big favour by making sure you attend one or two during your first year at university. Use this list of firms offering opportunities to first-year students to get you started!

Global law firms Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin have retained 100% of their trainees.

Several firms have revealed how many of their Spring 2014 qualifiers will be staying on as newly qualified solicitors.

While a number of big firms have begun to recall furloughed staff as coronavirus lockdown measures begin to ease, the year ahead remains uncertain for hundreds of solicitors.

A Rugby Union team's worth of firms – that's 15 for those averse to heads jammed in armpits – have opened applications for training contracts, vacation schemes and the odd open day through Apply4Law.

Under the influence: why is there a DCMS inquiry into influencer marketing and what can we expect?

A number of law firms feature in work experience information provider RateMyPlacement’s recently revealed top 100 undergraduate employers for 2017.