How to Become a Lawyer in the UK

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018

If you’re thinking about becoming a lawyer in the UK, you may assume that you can practise law anywhere in the United Kingdom. We so often refer to lawyers working in the UK as ‘UK lawyers’...

Multi-Jurisdictional Lawyers to Lead the Way Forward in NY

Monday, October 6th, 2014

For many years London has been a happy hunting ground for major US firms. As early as 1961 Baker & McKenzie set up shop in London, and in the intervening 53 years we have seen dozens of firms...

Are In-House Roles the New Legal Career Path of Choice?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Lawyers have always been divided into categories: litigator vs. contract drafter; big-city vs. provincial; business vs. private client; but one of the other classic divides is becoming less rigid,...

Will the SRA’s new flexibility on legal education be extended to the QLTS?

Monday, May 12th, 2014

The SRA recently published the responses to its public consultation on its proposals to reform the training regime for aspiring lawyers. The proposals, which have been named Training for Tomorrow,...

Training for Tomorrow – Proposals for New Reform in the Legal Profession are Underway

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published last week proposals for radical and wide-ranging changes to legal education and training in England and Wales. Its policy statement, Training for...

Green shoots for the legal employment market?

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Figures published in The Law Society Gazette this week may provide a sprig of optimism amongst otherwise gloomy economic and employment data. TheCityUK – a lobby group that “champions the...

Practice law in England without being an English lawyer? Potentially, under proposed EU reforms

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Plans are afoot to widen access to the legal profession in EU member states through disaggregating the professional activities from the profession itself, and granting access to some of the former...