Thousands of lawyers are set to take part in this year’s London Legal Walk to fundraise for community legal advice services.

The Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT), which all aspiring barristers must pass to gain a place on the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC), is to have its pass mark raised to exclude students who would be unlikely to pass the course or secure pupillage.

Junior lawyers across the legal profession are to be asked whether they have suffered from work-related mental health issues in the last 12 months, after the same survey last year found that one in four rated their stress levels as ‘severe’. 

Co-operative Legal Services has announced that it is to enter the family law market, supported by three leading family law practitioners from TV Edwards LLP.

The Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society is running elections for positions on both the executive committee and the national committee.

A global network for crypto-related fraud has been launched by a group of legal industry professionals, including lawyers from Osborne Clarke and RPC, barristers and forensic accountants. 

International legal business DWF Group Plc has opened its fourth office in Germany through the recruitment of the entire Düsseldorf office of Marccus Partners.

The government has rejected the Legal Service Board's recommendation that the interests of the public would be best served by making will writing subject to regulation

The Welsh government has proposed a new unified and expanded tribunal system: the Appeal Tribunal for Wales. 

In the latest episode of The LawCareers.Net Podcast, LawCareers.Net’s Bethany Wren speaks with Bar student and LCN vlogger Dani Alaka about her journey to becoming a barrister.

The Law Society met with the Lord Chancellor last week in another bid to influence the government's decision in relation to its planned legal aid cuts.

Plans for a new ‘super exam’ for all qualifying solicitors have been approved by the Legal Services Board, meaning that the Solicitors Qualifying Exam is now certain to go ahead in some form.

The Law Society has said that concerns about the deregulation of the profession must be considered, and new rules rejected, by the Legal Services Board (LSB).

The government’s move away from pursuing short-term prison sentences in favour of non-custodial solutions does not make it soft on crime, Justice Secretary David Gauke told the Conservative Party Conference earlier this week.

The first charity in the UK to provide legal aid to the social care sector has been launched in partnership with leading City law firms.

Leading regulatory law firm Capsticks Solicitors LLP has been appointed by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to provide external legal support and advice to the Board’s regulation of barristers in England and Wales.

London firms have reacted to the proposed Brexit deal with “cautious optimism” despite lawyers advising business to prepare for the worst, as reported in the Law Gazette.

Lawyers have come out on both sides of the referendum debate on whether Britain should leave the European Union, although the majority of those to speak out so far have backed the ‘in’ side.

The Welsh government has proposed a new unified and expanded tribunal system: the Appeal Tribunal for Wales. 

Entries have opened for The National Paralegal Awards, which set out to find the best paralegals in the UK and businesses that support the industry.