I, like many of you reading this, have just finished exam season. The relief is palpable! But once the post-exam elation becomes slightly less new and shiny, it's easy to feel a bit empty. After all, you’ve worked extremely hard for a sustained period and for the first time in a while you have more choice about how you spend your time.

Many law students have the unfortunate fate of exams after the holidays. It’s important to take a break, but it can be difficult to juggle relaxation with revision. Below are a few tips that work for me in terms of motivation and practical advice. 

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CLE refers to law students completing practical legal work while being overseen by university staff members, and it's an increasingly helpful method of both education and legal aid. 

Sometimes the law needs updating as it’s outdated and doesn’t reflect the society it represents; however, this of course takes time to do. Here are a few examples of how, until recently, women have been treated in prejudicial manners because of the law.

Vacation schemes are now getting closer as the summer months approach. Soon, excited students will be finding out if they’ve secured a place on the coveted scheme!

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While the court backlog figures continue to paint a bleak picture, magistrates are to be appointed to tackle the enormous backlog of cases – the latest reform to sentencing limits since the introduction of the Summary Jurisdiction Act (1879).

In financial terms, what are ‘unicorns’ and why do investors seek them out? 

Commercial law firm Hill Dickinson LLP has launched a returners’ initiative to improve diversity within the firm.

The defamation lawsuit between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard provided a much-needed insight into the US courtroom.

The thought of returning to education five years ago was off the table, I was terrified of being considered a mature student at the age of 22.

The rise of artificial intelligence in the legal profession has reached a new wavelength.

It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve published our last commercial news round-up and in that time it seems as if a lot has happened – from the escalation of the tensions between the US and Iran, to the worsening of the Australian wildfires which have so far destroyed over 32,000 square miles of land, killing millions of animals. 

‘Legal tech’ is a term thrown around an increasing amount.

Exams are over (woohoo) and there are a few weeks ahead of you to organise and do as you please. No prep to do, no consolidation to do and absolutely no dissertation writing to do (double woohoo).

I’m a non-law student qualifying via the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) – do I still need to do a law conversion course?

I'm just going to come out and say what everyone is thinking: barrister wigs look funny and seem pointless. The concept of wearing a wig nearly deterred me from pursuing the Bar when I was a first-year student (jokes!).

Commercial law firm Kennedys is among 14 leading law firms that have signed up to the Mansfield Rule to push greater transparency around diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, following its UK launch this summer.