Number of vacancies: One Location: Manchester Salary: £141,332 Closing date: noon on 25 September 2014 The role This is a high profile leadership role which involves the full duties of a Circuit Judge in addition to hearing the more demanding and specialist cases.  Duties include overseeing visiting Circuit Judges and Recorders, providing mentoring and advice…

BBC Academy, are hosting several ‘Expert Voices: BAME Talent Days’ across the UK to help the BBC attract experts & future presenters from diverse backgrounds.  See Press Release:http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bame-talent-days Please have a look at the details attached and share it with your organisation, colleagues,members & peers, who may be interested in applying. The application deadline is…

You may have recently seen in the press, the BBC announced new measures to reflect more diverse voices on TV, Radio & News. BBC Academy, are hosting several BAME Talent Days across the UK to help the BBC attract experts & future presenters from diverse backgrounds.  See Press Release:http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bame-talent-days Please have a look at the…

The Law Society President, Andrew Caplen, is confirmed as a Guest of Honour at the 5th UK Diversity Legal Awards taking place later this year in London. A BSN initiative, the UK Diversity Legal Awards are the only industry awards which focus solely on recognising and promoting, equality and inclusion across the legal profession. Mr…

BBC Radio Vanessa Feltz Show, Yorkshire Post, p7, The Times, p4 Joy Merriam, chair of the Law Society’s Access to Justice Committee, challenged Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes over the impact of LASPO and court closures while speaking on the BBC’s Vanessa Feltz show this morning. The programme will be available on the BBC iPlayer…

The Judicial Appointments Commission will be launching five selection exercises in September. 00931: Bankruptcy Registrar Expected launch date: Tuesday 02 September 2014 00933: Chancery Master Expected launch date: Tuesday 02 September 2014 00923 Senior Circuit Judge – Designated Family Judge (Manchester) Expected launch date: Thursday 04 September 2014 00935: Fee-paid Deputy Judge of the Upper…

Solicitors and firms from across the ‘world’s most respected legal system’ have won through to the final stages of the Law Society Excellence Awards 2014. Individual solicitors are competing in categories that include the Gazette Legal Personality of the Year, junior lawyer of the year and solicitor advocate of the year. Finalists in the firms’…

Black Solicitors Network (BSN) CEO and board member, Cordella Bart Stewart has been shortlisted for a Law Society Excellence Award, in the category of “Law Society Gazette Legal Personality of the Year”. This particular is award is presented to a person who represents the very best of the profession and what it symbolises to the…

Law Society president Andrew Caplen has called for legal aid to be exempt from the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013. The Society has a number of concerns about the requirements, in particular those relating to ‘off-premises contracts’ and ‘distance selling’, which require solicitors to provide certain information to clients ahead of delivering the service, and a…

The UK Diversity Legal Awards website is now live: www.diversitylegalawards.co.uk The new website contains full details about the awards; the history, the categories and how to make a submission for this year’s UK Diversity Legal Awards. These are the 5th annual UK Diversity Legal Awards and they are the only industry awards which focus solely…

The BBC Academy is organising a day of free introductions to the world of broadcasting to help black, Asian and minority experts feel more comfortable about appearing on TV & Radio as expert contributors or presenters – and boost the diversity of experts in the media. The BAME Talent Days – which follow last year’s…

Deighton Pierce Glynn believes there should be a better representation of our diverse society in the legal profession and this summer/autumn offers placements of between two and four weeks at their offices in London Bridge and Angel.  The placements are open to those who have shown an active interest in the law, justice, equality issues…