Useful Legal Websites & Blogs

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Vacation placements, mini-pupillages, pupillages and trainee solicitor roles Lawcareers.net lawcareers.net

Leading student law careers site

The Law Society’s Gazette lawgazette.co.uk

Target Jobs targetjobs.co.uk/law

National graduate careers website- Legal sections

Chambers Student Guide chambersstudent.co.uk

Pupillage Gateway application system pupillagegateway.com

Legal Aid Practitioner’s Group lapg.co.uk

Law centres network site lawcentres.org.uk

Local government lawyer site localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Law firms, chambers and the latest legal developments solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk Searchable database of law firms

legal500.com Legal 500 listings of top law firms by region and practice area

venables.co.uk Compendium of legal resources

lawgazette.co.uk The Law society’s Gazette online

thelawyer.com The Lawyer magazine online

2b.thelawyer.com Student version of The Lawyer

rollonfriday.co.uk News about large commercial law firms

Professional bodies The Law Society lawsociety.org.uk

Representative body for solicitors

The Solicitors Regulation Authority sra.org.uk

Regulates solicitors & law firms

The Bar Council barcouncil.org.uk Representative body for barristers

The Bar Standards Board barstandardsboard.org.uk Regulates barristers & chambers

Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society

communities.lawsociety.org.uk/junior-lawyers/

National Association of Licensed Paralegals nationalparalegals.co.uk

Paralegals’ body

Useful legal sites and blogs Obiter J Law & Lawyers obiterj.blogspot.co.uk

Also links to other useful blogs on homepage

Public Law for Everyone publiclawforeveryone.com

Rights Info for Everyone rightsinfo.org

Human Rights information site

UK Supreme Court Blog ukscblog.com

Counsel Magazine counselmagazine.co.uk

Family Law familylaw.co.uk

Garrulous Law paper.li/garrulouslaw

Barrister’s blog & useful links to other blogs

Simon Myserson pupillageandhowtogetit.wordpress.com

Barrister Simon Myerson’s advice on the Bar

Intellectual Property Blog ipkitten.blogspot.co.uk

Solicitors Journal solicitorsjournal.com

Legal Action Group Blog legalactiongroupnews.blogspot.co.uk

News on Legal Aid

Liberty Human Rights Blog liberty-human-rights.org.uk

Criminal Bar Association site criminalbar.com

Criminal Law and Justice weekly criminallawandjustice.co.uk

Mental Health Law online mentalhealthlaw.co.uk

The Foundation for Law, Justice & Society website fljs.org

Legal Cheek legalcheek.com

Legal news

Corporate Law governance site corporatelawandgovernance.blogspot.co.uk

UK Human Rights Blog ukhumanrightsblog.com

Law blog maintained by 11 KBW Chambers panopticonblog.com

UK Immigration Law Blog asadakhan.wordpress.com

Education Law Blog education11kbw.com

Paralegal jobs

My Career Hub mmu.ac.uk/findajob

Lawcareers.net lawcareers.net/Jobs

Chartered Institute of Legal Executives cilexrecruitment.org.uk

Law Society’s Gazette lawgazette.co.uk

Totally Legal totallylegal.com

Law Crossing lawcrossing.co.uk

Legal Prospects legalprospects.com

Simply Law Jobs simplylawjobs.com

Job is Job jobisjob.co.uk