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Climate change and the law
What can litigators do for the climate emergency? We consulted a group of experts to find out.
How competitive is the law?
It’s not easy to become a top lawyer, or everyone would do it – but how hard is it really to make your mark in the legal industry? We’ve crunched the numbers so that you don’t have to…
Mental health and the law: part one
An industry in crisis
Ethnicity in law 2020
In the next part of our diversity series, we turn the microscope onto ethnicity within law and see if firms are practicing what they preach.
Vacation scheme deadlines
Deadlines for vac schemes in 2020
We began collecting data on firms' LGBTQ+ numbers in 2018. Encouragingly, numbers are already up in this second survey…
In October the Bar Standards Board announced a new regulatory framework for wannabe barristers. We spoke to Jacqueline Cheltenham, ULaw's Bar Practice Course (BPC) programme director.
AI will transform the law, and we’re only beginning to grasp its full potential. Womble Bond Dickinson is one firm on the case – we spoke to a few of their experts about its impact on the whole profession.
The past decade saw increasing scrutiny on the representation of women in all workplaces, and the law was no exception.
Read on for our 2020 analysis of the school backgrounds of trainee solicitors.
The latest comparison data
Ashurst
With a longer heritage than some magic circle firms and an international presence to rival them, Ashurst is one of the City's biggest players.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Find your favourite flavour at Freshfields, where you can fill two years with eight different seats – and get some of the best training in town.
RPC
R-P-C; one two three; find out what it means to trainees: insurance expertise, a disputes focus and “a culture that’s a major selling point.”
TLT LLP
TLT's ascension to the national stage and ambitious plans make it an attractive proposition in Bristol, Manchester and London.
DLA Piper LLP
At this global firm, trainees up and down the country can get a taste of international work. DLA holds no less than seven strongholds across the UK.
Latham & Watkins
Blockbuster global firm Latham has 30 offices worldwide bristling with 2,600 lawyers and is intent on giving a scene-stealing performance in London.
Taylor Wessing LLP
Taylor Wessing does stellar work for startups and other, more established, cutting-edge companies – and prides itself on being similarly innovative.
Stephenson Harwood LLP
You might know a hundred finance-heavy international firms, but if you don’t know City-kid Stephenson Harwood, you don’t know ship.
Macfarlanes LLP
This polished silver circle firm has a gleaming reputation in the private client and corporate spheres.
Clifford Chance LLP
Exit Canary Wharf tube and you're surrounded by the world's major banks, a scrolling stock market ticker and many, many suits – this is the world of Clifford Chance.
Chambers Student Podcast
Commercial awareness
The law firm of the future
AI will transform the law, and we’re only beginning to grasp its full potential.
Improving diversity and inclusion at City law firms
Travers Smith shows us how a City firm can break the mould.
Globalisation and the law
How to cut it as a lawyer in the globalised economy.
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A curated list of recommended legal and commercial blogs.
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