Closing date: 19 February, 2015 – 12:00 Salary: £130,875 No of vacancies: 52 vacancies in total across England and Wales To be eligible to apply candidates must be a solicitor or barrister with at least seven years post qualification experience (PQE), a Recorder or someone who has held a full-time judicial appointment for at least…
The University of Sheffield is seeking to recruit a Lecturer in Law and Diversity. The ideal candidate will bring a research interest in the empirical investigation of law in a diverse society, such as the relationship between ethnicity, gender or class and legal professions; the impact of social, cultural, economic, geographic or demographic trends on…
The free media training/introduction to the world of broadcasting day is being held inGlasgow on Thursday, 12 March to encourage more black, Asian and minority ethnicity experts in Scotland to put themselves forward as experts for the media – and help increase the number of BAME experts on TV. As you know, the BAME Talent…
Welcome to Issue 47 of SRA Update. Our newsletter brings you the latest information about our work at the Solicitors Regulation Authority. It includes important news for solicitors and others providing legal services. New Board and committee members We have appointed new members to our Board and to our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. On…
On 22 January the JAC will launch a selection exercise to select a new Specialist Circuit Judge Mercantile to be based at Manchester Civil Justice Centre. Interested candidates may wish to note that the requirement of previous judicial experience has been waived for this position. All candidates will still be expected to be able to…
Two new appointments to the SRA Board have been announced today. Elaine Williams, former Deputy Group Company Secretary at HSBC, and David Willis, former joint Chief Executive of international legal firm Herbert Smith Freehills, are joining the Board as non-executive directors. SRA Chair of the Board, Enid Rowlands, said: “I am delighted to welcome two…
Crime duty contracts: tender process suspended Following an application for interim relief by the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association (CLSA) and London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association (LCCSA), the legal aid crime duty contracts tender process will be suspended until the result of the judicial reviews by CLSA, LCCSA and the Law Society in January 2015. Law…
Are you a law graduate/studying law? You can apply to volunteer for our Rights & Justice Centre, in London. We’re also looking for people with a graduate diploma in law, and newly qualified lawyers. We also welcome applications from people with substantive experience in the legal profession. Volunteers assist the Rights and Justice team with…
The following exercise is now open for application: Number of vacancies: Up to six (up to three for Trade Marks and up to three for Registered and Unregistered Design) Location: Hearings usually take place in London but appointed persons can be asked to sit elsewhere in the UK. Closing date: noon on 15 January 2015…
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is now accepting applications for appointment to our new panel of counsel. Further information can be found on our website. To request an application pack, counsel should email tenders@equalityhumanrights.comquoting reference EHRC033-1415 in the subject line (for the England and Wales pack) orEHRC033S-1415 (for the Scotland pack). Please note the deadline…
