About City Century is a solicitor apprenticeship initiative led by CLLS that identifies, recruits, educates, and develops the very best talent, connecting them to the City of
Category: Freshfields
In Focus: Mansfield Rule
About The Mansfield Rule is a structured certification process designed to ensure all talent at participating law firms and legal departments have a fair and
In Focus: BIUCAC
About: British Inter-University Commercial Awareness Competition (BIUCAC) is a commercial awareness competition designed specifically for undergraduate law students at non-Russell Group universities with the aim
City firms unite to boost solicitor-apprenticeship numbers
The Law Society Gazette reports that city firms are marking Social Mobility Day with the official launch of an initiative to boost the number of
In Focus: PRIME
PRIME is an alliance of law firms across the UK and Republic of Ireland determined to improve access to, and socio-economic diversity within, the legal
Freshfields welcomes 30 new partners of which 53% are women. Additionally, 18% of UK and US new partners have self-identified as part of an under-represented
In Focus: The Race Fairness Commitment
About: The Race Fairness Commitment by Rare was created following the publication of their report “closing the ethnicity stay gap” in 2020 which highlighted the
Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund returns for second year in a row
The Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund (SWSQF) returns for second year in a row. The Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund (SWSQF) is aimed at individuals
UK Legal Apprenticeship Pledge
A number of law firms have signed a public pledge to ensure legal apprentices are treated equally with employees on training contracts. Firms signing the
If you missed the Law Society LDD Summer Social event on 15 June, you can watch the recording of the event here.