From popular messaging app Telegram making changes to its terms of service and privacy policy to petrol prices falling, adverts being banned and cyber-attacks, there’s a bit of everything in this week ...

You don’t need a law degree to become a lawyer – in fact, the modern legal profession is full of non-law graduates. The skills and experiences you gain from studying and working in other fields are ...

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has proposed new equality rules in a consultation document to provide equal opportunities for all barrister and aspiring barristers. The primary suggested change is an ...

This LawCareers.Net masterclass, sponsored by Bristows LLP and Osborne Clarke LLP, discusses what it’s really like to work in intellectual property (IP). From patents to trademarks, find out what IP ...

In the most recent episode of The LawCareers.Net Podcast, the LawCareers.Net team speaks to legal expert Dana Denis-Smith. From growing up in communist Romania with a negative experience of the law to ...

Most trainee-hiring law firms run work experience schemes and events specifically for year 12/13 and first-year students. So, if you’re seriously considering becoming a solicitor, you’ll be doing ...

Could my first-year exam results affect my chances of securing a vacation scheme or training contract, even if they don’t count towards my final degree?

LLP, Irwin Mitchell LLP and Dentons have all announced high autumn retention rates, for both their trainee and solicitor apprenticeship cohorts.

As usual it’s been a busy week in the commercial world – from interest rate updates in the UK and across the pond in the US, to X in Brazil and a lawsuit filed against the game dubbed as ‘Pokémon with ...

Global law firm White & Case LLP has set out the plans for its new solicitor apprenticeship offering, with the first cohort joining the firm next year to receive a salary of £32,000.

Legal technology company Litera’s new research report has found that both law firms and departments are embracing new technology, with those that “strategically leverage generative AI’ predicted to ...

The Law Society has awarded 14 scholarships to aspiring solicitors through its Diversity Access Scheme (DAS), which supports aspiring solicitors who are facing social, educational, financial or ...