Vocational education provider BPP has been acquired by TDR Capital in a move the educator called a “strong vote of confidence” in the brand.

The Bar Council is supporting barristers in the battle against climate change with the launch of a new Bar Sustainability Network.

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The Kent Law Campaign Student Group organised a 5km fun run, held on Sunday 3 November at the University of Kent campus.

Following the Legal Education Foundation’s announcement of funding for seven new social welfare law training contracts earlier this month, the charity has also revealed its intention to extend the scheme to the Bar Professional Training Course graduates.

The solicitors’ profession is diversifying and increasingly reflects the makeup of the general UK population, data collected by the Law Society shows.

Junior barristers are set to benefit from a new online toolkit which has been specifically for them by the Bar Council’s Young Barristers’ Committee. 

Junior lawyers, with support from the Law Society, have announced that they will focus once again on the campaign for a minimum trainee salary.

The Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council has announced the topic for its annual essay competition, sponsored by the Bar Council scholarship trust.

A website which enables customers to get in direct contact with barristers has received the support of the Bar Council.

The Solicitors Regulations Authority and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives have signed up to the government’s Trailblazer project, which will standardise legal apprenticeships across the profession.

The legal press, including Legal Business and the Law Society Gazette, have reported that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is seeking a Manchester office as part of a 'near-shoring' strategy.

International firm Norton Rose Fulbright will introduce a new hybrid working policy, allowing staff to work remotely for up to 50% of the time once the pandemic has passed. Linklaters and Taylor Wessing have also introduced agile working strategies. 

Both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Government Legal Profession (GLP) offer pupillages leading to permanent roles with fixed salaries, holiday and sickness pay, pensions and all the usual employment protection rights.

A group of Legal Sector Alliance members have unveiled their carbon footprints in a coordinated move, revealing a significant drop in emissions.

The Legal Education and Training Review, launched in February 2011, has issued its first discussion paper.

Metro Bank has launched a professional studies loan scheme for postgraduate students, available initially only to students at the University of Law.

Hackney Law Centre has reopened its pro bono clinic for debt problems and help with claiming benefits thanks to volunteers from law firms Debevoise and Plimpton LLP and Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, supported by students from BPP Law School and staff at Hackney’s libraries service.

Co-operative Legal Services plans to halve the workforce of its 120-strong personal injury department by making up to 60 redundancies.

Aspiring barristers can win up to £4,000 via the Bar Council’s Law Reform Essay Competition, sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarships Trust.