As reported in Legal Week, Norton Rose has joined forces with Sponsors for Educational Opportunity in order to encourage more black and ethnic minority individuals to sign up for its summer vacation scheme.

CMS will be offering 95 training contract places in the coming recruitment year, making it the second-highest training contract provider in the UK.

As the Leveson Inquiry rumbles on, it has published details of its costs in the period from July 2011 until January 2012, revealing that over £600,000 of public money has been spent on barristers' fees alone.

A number of City firms weathering the effects of coronavirus are evaluating the need for secretaries and support staff during the pandemic.

Law firms’ spring vacation schemes are being postponed in response to the global coronavirus crisis.

As universities plan to hike tuition fees, some firms are to review the financial assistance on offer to their future trainees.

Six leading law firms are set to attend the third annual OPEN event for disabled students who are interested in a career in commercial law.

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

Firms have called for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make reporting of ethnicity pay gaps mandatory. In a letter to the Telegraph, firms have urged Johnson to make the transition from voluntary to mandatory for organisations with more than 250 employees.

One magic circle outfit and a trio of US-headquartered firms have revealed how many of their qualifying trainees are being retained as newly qualified solicitors this autumn. 

Law firms across the country have released their trainee retention figures for September 2012.

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

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

The College of Law is in talks with the Singapore Institute of Legal Education to open a campus in Singapore later this year, in a move that will see the CoL become the first British law school to establish a campus in Asia.

On 14 November, the Leveson inquiry into press standards began, with dramatic revelations about the extent of the practice at the NoTW and beyond.

City law firm Ashurst LLP has announced pay rises for both its London-based trainee solicitors and newly-qualified lawyers.

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

A number of firms' work placement schemes have been shortlisted for the annual National Council for Work Experience Awards.

Clifford Chance has raised its newly qualified (NQ) lawyer salaries to £107,500 – a 7% increase from £100,000 – as the NQ lawyer pay war continues. 

Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and seven other law firms have been ranked among the top 100 graduate employers, compiled by The Times.