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Legal Spotlight
Legal Spotlight
Important legal topics, analysed meticulously.
130 articles
The inside story on Clifford Chance’s SPARK scheme
Robert Greene
5 min read
A deep dive into Clifford Chance’s Global Virtual Internships
Robert Greene
6 min read
Clifford Chance pioneer future trainee development with LIFT programme
Raphael Jucobin
3 min read
Stonewall Top 100: why is it important to legal graduate recruitment?
Raphael Jucobin
4 min read
“The right thing to do”: An insight to pro bono at Travers Smith
Billy Sexton
13 min read
Empowering Women in Law: commercial law firms’ approach to gender equality
Raphael Jucobin
5 min read
From telephone interviews to virtual vacation schemes – How are law firms and candidates adapting to new modes of trainee recruitment?
Raphael Jucobin
5 min read
How to get ahead and secure a training contract in your first year
Raphael Jucobin
5 min read
Law Firms & Black Lives Matter: why diversity is more important than ever for commercial law firms
Raphael Jucobin
5 min read
Global Virtual Internships with Clifford Chance: A work experience opportunity for all
Raphael Jucobin
4 min read
Crowell & Moring's London Office Launches New Training Contract for January 2021
Jack Collins
2 min read
Digital emancipation: What are the rights of children of the Instagram age?
Elizabeth Hurst
11 min read
An in-depth look at the UK's proposed points-based immigration system
David Carnes
5 min read
The best podcasts for aspiring solicitors
Billy Sexton
4 min read
Manchester Metropolitan University - Interview with Sport and Olympic Law expert Professor Mark James
Jack Collins
7 min read
Why does the CPS pursue cases even without victim support?
David Carnes
4 min read
Defining Foetal Rights
Jan Hill
9 min read
Spotlight On: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, US Lawmaker
David Carnes
5 min read
International Women’s Day 2020: 5 Trailblazing Women Leading The Way
Elizabeth Hurst
5 min read
Ask an expert: how to have no regrets in your legal career
Matthew Kay
5 min read
The Extinction Rebellion ban on protesting was deemed an abuse of power—will it make us see the law differently?
Jan Hill
8 min read
Undocumented Deaths: Who’s Accountable?
David Carnes
10 min read
All the details of White & Case’s virtual work placement
Article contributed by White & Case
6 min read
“It could be the privacy case of the century”: Meghan Markle vs the press
Emma Finamore
9 min read
It’s time to bust the myth of the ‘ideal’ career path: embarking on a legal career – wherever
Article contributed by Hogan Lovells
3 min read
Why small is beautiful: making the case for smaller firms
Linda Lamb
5 min read
Ask a lawyer: what’s the duty of care from landowners to trespassers?
Tony Hannington. Case studies by Becky Kells
7 min read
It’s not too late! Tips for a last-minute vacation scheme application.
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
4 min read
Ask an expert: Could sleepwalking lead to jail?
Mark Thomas, Senior lecturer at Nottingham Law School
7 min read
Law students: three real-talk tips for managing your mental health
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
5 min read
The American opioid lawsuits: One down, 2,399 to go?
Jan Hill
5 min read
Libel law: past, present and future
David Carnes
9 min read
How can the law deal with Deepfake?
Elizabeth Hurst
10 min read
#InstaLaw: what are the best law accounts to follow?
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
4 min read
Vacation scheme applications with Mayer Brown
Article contributed by Mayer Brown
6 min read
7 facts you need to know about vacation schemes
Becky Kells & Tom Browne
3 min read
In-house law: how I did it
Emma Lilley
10 min read
Spotlight on: Penelope Warne
Elizabeth Hurst
7 min read
"You'll never guess what I did on my vacation scheme..."
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
7 min read
Ask a lawyer: the Duchess of Sussex sues Mail on Sunday
Karen Holden
4 min read
Litigation soars—and along with it, the rise of legal finance
Jan Hill
11 min read
Ask a lawyer: what do new lawyers need to know about injuries in the workplace and claiming compensation?
Kathryn Hart
4 min read
No more memes? Some of the world’s strangest legislations
Megan Johnstone
4 min read
SQE: first programme details announced for related Law Conversion Course
Becky Kells
3 min read
Case study: the intricacies of international law in relation to cultural heritage
Tuula Petersen
6 min read
The 1824 Vagrancy Act: rogues, vagabonds and a dated take on homelessness?
Anna Vall Navés
8 min read
Work-life balance: Do you need to move firms, or can you have the best of both worlds?
Matthew Kay
4 min read
3 desirable skills of a training-contract candidate that you might not have thought of
Andrej Kovacevic
5 min read
Art law: an ever-changing area
Tuula Petersen
6 min read
Sex Work: the proposed legal models
Anna Vall Navés
10 min read
No platforming, safe spaces and the university free-speech debate
Tuula Petersen
11 min read
The Digital Revolution
David Carnes
10 min read
Britain's legal loopholes unplugged
Jan Hill
10 min read
When the personal goes public: Private Members' Bill
Emma Finamore
10 min read
Spotlight on: Sir Alec Jeffreys
Elizabeth Hurst
8 min read
Tort law: Ireland, personal injury and the myth of the victimless crime
Shermaine Williams
9 min read
Human rights law: journalists under fire
Jan Hill
10 min read
Family Law: Legislation and Modern Family
Emma Finamore
10 min read
We demand action: why people are worried about the law industry
Emma Finamore
6 min read
The history of parliamentary privilege
Elizabeth Hurst
11 min read
Plastics pollution – providing a coherent solution
Professor Elizabeth Kirk
4 min read
Criminal law: Tackling domestic violence in the UK
Sophie Nevrkla
9 min read
NDAs: Is it time to break the culture of silence?
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
8 min read
Implementation of the Climate Change Act
David Carnes
10 min read
Shamima Begum, Sajid Javid, and the legal question of citizenship
David Carnes
4 min read
Your guide to competency-based questions
Amy Ruff
4 min read
Kim Kardashian, and the art of the side hustle
Matthew Kay, Director of Vario from Pinsent Masons
3 min read
Racism in football: the lowdown on laws and regulations
Kerry Holmes
4 min read
Shoosmiths reveals expansion plans for trainee solicitor programme
Article provided by Shoosmiths
2 min read
Legal insights: the prospect of the right to die
Jan Hill
5 min read
Competing with the elite
Kerry Holmes
5 min read
Can the law change how we behave?
Emma Finamore
10 min read
The changing roles of lawyers
Alex May
8 min read
Legal-process outsourcing: is it the future?
Jan Hill
7 min read
Why finding a mentor is a good idea
Linda Lamb, Director, LSL family law
4 min read
Spotlight on: Gabrielle Turnquest
Elizabeth Hurst
6 min read
An update on the changes to legal education and how it will affect you
Matthew J. Homewood
4 min read
How social media affects law
Elizabeth Hurst
10 min read
Trials & tribulations: the laws being trialed in the UK
Emma Finamore
12 min read
Vacation scheme application forms: your ultimate guide
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
7 min read
Studying in Nottingham: the places that will become your local haunts
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
4 min read
Top tips for a vacation scheme
Article contributed by RPC
7 min read
What is commercial awareness? and why does it matter? Putting the law into context
Article Provided by Hogan Lovells
4 min read
Why I went freelance before my training contract
Jaimie Hunter, Paralegal for Vario
3 min read
Legal question: do vegans have a right to protection against discrimination?
Helen Hall, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director of the Nottingham Law School Centre for Rights and Justice
4 min read
Setting up a BAME network
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
6 min read
The University of Law comes to Nottingham
3 min read
Spotlight on: Sir Martin Moore-Bick
Elizabeth Hurst
6 min read
Lawyers, fit your own oxygen masks first
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
9 min read
Martin Luther King and Enoch Powell: 50 years on
Emma Finamore
7 min read
Knocking down the barriers
Emma Finamore
10 min read
Education, diversity and the law
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
9 min read
Representing the Grenfell victims
Ryan McMeekin
7 min read
The fallout from Windrush
Elizabeth Hurst
6 min read
The history of transgender rights in the UK
Sophie Nevrkla
6 min read
AllAboutLaw Awards 2018: top law firms recognised
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
5 min read
Minding the gap
Emma Finamore
6 min read
"Our ultimate aim is to be the employer of choice for LGBT+ students wanting to pursue a career in law"
Toby Horner
6 min read
#JurysOut: the law versus public opinion
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
7 min read
You're hired! How lawyers make better entrepreneurs
Matthew Kay, Director of Vario from Pinsent Masons
4 min read
Spotlight on: Amal Clooney
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
6 min read
Going global: international secondments at Stephenson Harwood
Article contributed by Stephenson Harwood
5 min read
SQE: what the experts think
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
5 min read
What difference does your degree actually make? Law from a non-law perspective
Article contributed by Hogan Lovells
4 min read
London crime: the acid legislation new this year
Emma Finamore
4 min read
Deeds not words: women solicitors
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
6 min read
Top five reasons to live and work in Norwich as a junior lawyer
6 min read
Deeds not words: women in the judiciary
Emma Finamore
4 min read
"The most advanced family courts in the world" - making the UK's courtrooms more efficient
Paul Sachs
5 min read
What if a summer holiday could last forever? Law and flexible working
Matthew Kay, Director of Vario from Pinsent Masons
3 min read
Want a career change or to enter the legal profession? Here's how to become a paralegal
Amanda Hamilton, NALP
4 min read
The cost of saving: how litigants in person are denied access to justice
James Cunningham
6 min read
Spotlight on: Brenda Hale, Baroness of Richmond
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
5 min read
Firm insights: the changing role of legal PAs
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
4 min read
It's good to talk: the new therapies being rolled out to boost barristers' wellbeing
Emma Finamore
6 min read
Mental Health Awareness Week: the issues for lawyers
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
6 min read
Tech and the law sector: an academic perspective
Nigel Hudson, Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Law School
4 min read
World Health Day 7 April: Get involved in a new era for health law
Dr Judy Laing and Professor John Coggon, the Directors of the Centre for Health, Law, and Society, University of Bristol
5 min read
Putting your commercial awareness into practice - RPC's perspective
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
7 min read
Diversifying the future
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
7 min read
The Rise in Law Students
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
13 min read
Are flexible working hours and a law career mutually exclusive? Not anymore.
Matthew Kay, Director of Vario from Pinsent Masons
4 min read
London Acid Attacks: The rise in crimes involving corrosive substances
Becky Kells, Editor, AllAboutLaw
7 min read
On the Job: Litigation
Rebecca May, RPC
8 min read
Pro Bono Initiatives
Sarah Boucher, DLA Piper Trainee
5 min read
AAL Commercial Awareness: Dr Waney Squier and Shaken Baby Syndrome
Jack J Collins, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk
6 min read
Adam Johnson, the trial and underage sexuality
Jack J Collins, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk
4 min read
Medical Negligence Law: how do I get into it?
Sara Duxbury, Head of People, Fletchers Solicitors
3 min read
Winning & Retaining Law Clients
Jayne Schnider, Corporate Partner, Irwin Mitchell
4 min read
The Rise of In-House Training Contracts
Billy Sexton, Editor, AllAboutLaw.co.uk
4 min read
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