Education & Training

Articles

27 Oct 2015

How is the judiciary selected?

The diversity of judges has been the subject of some debate in the press recently, with the arguments focusing on the rate at which women are being appointed to the judiciary.

26 Oct 2015

Generation gel: Inter-age issues a challenge for law firms

Toxic behaviours must be discouraged to retain top legal talent across all generations

21 Oct 2015

Junior Lawyers Division FAQ hopes to raise awareness of equivalent means provision

Surprise over the small number of applications for equivalent means qualification leads junior membership body to release handy guide on route

13 Oct 2015

LPC graduates must manage expectations, says SRA chief

High numbers of law graduates without training contracts is a cause for concern

13 Oct 2015

Elite universities preferred by Top 50 law firms

…and just one in ten trainees found to be black or minority ethnic at City firms

8 Oct 2015

ABS licence makes Nottingham Law School a teaching law firm

Operating status will teach students about issues relating to access to justice

29 Sept 2015

Publishers and the law must work together

In the news there are often cases of so-called 'revenge porn', or reports of violent incidents that have happened through an ill-fated meeting on a social media site. Solicitors deal with life when it is at its most troubling and, as we become more accustomed to living in a digital age where technology advances at a ?rapid pace, challenges arise, ?so we must ensure we are equipped with the right tools ?to address them.

24 Sept 2015

NUS launches legal action over government plan to scrap maintenance grants

The government has reneged on commitments given to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, says Bindmans lawyer