A survey conducted by G2 Legal has found that 28% of lawyers are ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’ to change their jobs in 2023.  

Responses to the Ministry of Justice’s latest proposals to reform advocacy fees have shown a divide in opinion between solicitors and barristers.

Tooks Chambers - the set of Michael Mansfield QC - has decided to begin the process of dissolution as the "direct result of the government's legal aid policies".

Law firms including Allen & Overy, Pinsent Masons and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner have increased the salaries for their newly qualified (NQ) lawyers in the UK in response to NQ salary surges in the US.

BT has announced the launch of BT Law after becoming the latest famous brand to be granted an alternative business structure licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, with The University of Law, has launched a new paralegal apprenticeship scheme at its Manchester-based legal services centre, with the first intake starting this coming October. 

National firm Bond Dickinson has announced that it is hiring a fourth intake of legal apprentices.

The 32^nd annual Bar and Young Bar Conference is to take place this year on Saturday 4 November, where attendees will hear from leading experts, including the shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer on topical issues ranging from Brexit to how to guard client confidentiality against cyber-attacks.  

In the latest LCN Podcast episode, LawCareers.Net’s Olivia Partridge (she/her) spoke to private client lawyer Anna Casey-Woodward (they/them) and consultant solicitor and collaborative family lawyer Bridget Garrood (she/her) about their experiences of being LGBTQ+ in the legal profession.

Year 12 students interested in a career in law and eligible for the Pathways to Law scheme have one week until the application window closes.

LawCareersNet is again on the hunt to discover the best law lecturer from institutions across the country. We want to know which law lecturer goes the extra mile to make his/her subject understood and inspires you with fantastic teaching.

Launched at the start of September, the Law Society’s new three-year professional ethics programme and web hub have been designed to offer a “safe space” to help members to balance commitments to clients and wider society. 

The UK’s most senior judge, Baroness Hale, has guest edited a special episode of the BBC’s Today programme, telling listeners that cuts to legal aid funding have caused “serious difficulty” to the justice system.

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published the responses to its consultation on the future training of barristers.

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has announced that all 13 of its trainees who are set to qualify in March will be kept on as newly-qualified solicitors.

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives has announced that it is developing a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Legal Services. It will be delivering this new level in partnership with Skills for Justice and The College of Law.

Small and medium-sized firms are increasingly turning to mergers as a way of coping with a lack of growth, research has suggested.

The chairman of the Legal Services Board, David Edmonds, has indicated that a single regulator for solicitors and barristers could be created in the not-too-distant future.

The successes of legal professionals and firms were recognised at the Law Society Excellence Awards, held earlier this month at the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster.

Irwin Mitchell and The College of Law have joined forces with an agreement that will see members of the firm offered tailored training at all levels of their careers.