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.

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

March newly qualified retention rates at the top 30 UK law firms are up by an average of 10% - a good sign that there's new life in the legal recruitment market after the economic downturn.

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.

Stonewall, the gay rights charity, has announced the results of its annual workplace equality index, which includes 10 law firms for the second year in a row.

As the spring-qualifying trainees at SNR Denton celebrate vastly improved retention rates, more firms' newly qualified (NQ) Spring 2011 figures have come to light.

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.

First-year students are increasingly being targeted by top 20 law firms eager to reach the best candidates before their rivals.

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

New research has revealed that privately educated lawyers still make up the majority of legal professionals at the country's top 20 law firms.

A number of firms have signed up to a social mobility initiative launched by the government last year.

There's cause to celebrate for the majority of SNR Denton's Spring 2011 qualifying trainees, as the firm reveals that it has positions for 11 out of the 14-strong intake.

A raft of UK top 50 firms have revealed their trainee retention rates for 2013.

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

A pupil barrister and a trainee solicitor have launched a scheme that will accredit law students to provide advice at law centres

Simmons & Simmons is once again the highest-ranked law firm in this year's workplace equality index, which is annually compiled by the gay rights charity Stonewall.