Sponsored by
Interested in a future career as a lawyer? Use The Beginner’s Guide to a Career in Law to get started
Find out about the various legal apprenticeships on offer and browse vacancies with The Law Apprenticeships Guide
Information on qualifying through the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, including preparation courses, study resources, QWE and more
Discover everything you need to know about developing your knowledge of the business world and its impact on the law
The latest news and updates on the actions being taken to improve diversity and inclusion in the legal profession
Discover advice to help you prepare for and ace your vacation scheme, training contract and pupillage applications
Your first-year guide to a career in law – find out how to kickstart your legal career at this early stage
Your non-law guide to a career in law – everything you need to know about converting to law
City law firm Macfarlanes was the first non-magic circle firm to increase its newly qualified (NQ) lawyer salary in line with the ongoing NQ pay war.
Elite corporate firm Travers Smith has become the latest big firm to announce that it is embracing flexible working.
Garden Court Chambers has launched a scholarship to enable refugee students to take the Bar Practice Course (BPC) at City, University of London Law School.
The Bar Council has published its new guide on barristers’ shared parental leave, in which it urges chambers to do more than the bare minimum required to support tenants who become parents or carers.
Lewis Silkin has been named the best law firm to work for in the country in The Sunday Times' annual "100 best companies to work for" supplement.
Linklaters has offered voluntary redundancies to all London-based secretaries.
The Law Society has appointed a new president - Allen & Overy consultant and former partner John Wotton.
A new national award for law students, the Future Legal Mind award, has been launched by the National Accident Helpline.
Christina Blacklaws has become the 174th president of the Law Society of England and Wales. She was inaugurated at a ceremony at Chancery Lane, London, on 5 July 2018.
A study conducted by a researcher at University of Warwick Centre for Human Rights has revealed that nearly 20% of not-for-profit legal advice centres are planning to charge for their services, as a response to the recent legal aid cuts.
London South Bank University has released a manual on how to establish and manage a drop-in legal advice clinic.
Members of the legal profession - including Miriam González Durántez and representatives from the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives - attended the government’s latest Inspiring Women campaign event.
The Bar Council has revamped its online careers section to make it more useful for students and anyone else hoping to join the barristers’ profession.
The window for applications to the Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme has opened, closing on Thursday 31 March.
Legal action can go ahead to establish whether the United Kingdom can unilaterally stop the process of Brexit if UK voter decide the final deal is not acceptable, the court of session in Edinburgh has said.
The government has announced plans to implement a ‘good Samaritans law’ to protect people who take action in emergencies or volunteer for the public good from the threat of being sued.
UCAS figures have revealed that as at the end of January, there had been a nearly 9% drop in the number of people applying for a university place.
Employment in London's legal services sector is growing faster than any other financial or professional services industry, according to figures released by lobby group TheCityUK.
People in need of legal services are now able to find regulated paralegals on the Professional Paralegal Register, which was launched on 6 July.
Paralegal work’s reputation for being a dead end to career advancement may soon be put to bed, as plans to implement formal qualifications and training opportunities for an advanced paralegal apprenticeship accelerate.
