When you’ve spent six years studying to become a solicitor, you’d expect to be well prepared for a career in law. Three legal entrepreneurs reveal four key skills you don’t find on legal syllabuses.

Your weekly update on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: the Conservative leadership race, the Employment Rights Bill, the Renters' Rights Bill and ...

When Josh left school at 16, he never imagined he would become a solicitor. Find out how he overcame anxiety and qualified ...

Solicitors working with trauma victims often face vicarious trauma. Three legal professionals share their experiences and practical steps for managing vicarious trauma.

As the world marks World Mental Health Day, the Law Society of England and Wales urges the UK government to modernise the Mental Health Act and give patients better access to justice and more control ...

This guide sets out why and how firms providing criminal legal aid services should review the viability of carrying out legally aided work.

Rental reform is within reach if the UK government provides proper funding for the justice system alongside banning no-fault evictions, urges the Law Society of England and Wales. This call comes as ...

To coincide with Black History Month, we have published new guidance to support black or minority ethnic students entering into the profession.

On Wednesday 9 October, Richard Atkinson became the 180th president of the Law Society of England and Wales. Mark Evans took office as vice president and Brett Dixon became deputy vice president.

Richard Atkinson was inaugurated as the 180th president of the Law Society of England and Wales, as the organisation nears its 200th anniversary year.

Solicitors have been left dismayed by the new government’s failure to show it is serious about tackling the crisis in our criminal justice system.

We’ve been left dismayed by the new government’s failure to show that it is serious about tackling the crisis in our criminal justice system.