Category: News
US trio boost junior City lawyer pay
Exclusive: Rises at Dechert, MoFo and Sidley Austin
Are lawyers’ poor writing skills the reason contracts are so hard to read?
Quite possibly, say researchers
Barrister who raped woman he met on Tinder jailed for four years
Educational law specialist Robin Jacobs must register as a sex offender for life
Top City firms must do more to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’
Don't prioritise profits over the planet, 150 leading lawyers warn in open letter
AI creativity machine to have its day in Supreme Court
Decision likely to come next year
Garden Court barrister threatened with arrest if he wrote ‘not my King’ on blank sheet of paper
Footage of incident goes viral
TLT sets science-based 2040 net-zero target
New green goals 'in recognition of the urgency of the global climate crisis'
Ex-Doughty Street barrister fined for ‘offensive’ tweets aimed at colleague
Daniel Bennett resigned from top human rights set in 2019 after link to anonymous account was revealed
Gowling WLG eyes Leeds launch
Move will strengthen housing and regeneration practice, says firm
Lawyers enter new era of KCs and Rex v. criminal prosecutions
Move from QC to KC effective immediately
Crimes committed in pursuit of principles may not harm your career, according to new SRA guidance
Regulator to show “broad discretion”
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Raab’s legacy project Bill of Rights Bill shelved
New Justice Sec also agrees to meet with striking criminal barristers
Hogan Lovells announces 83% trainee retention rate
19 out of 23
Womble Bond Dickinson ups NQ pay to £78,000
Rises in the regions too
Suella Braverman bags top job in Truss government
From giving out prizes at the Legal Cheek awards to Home Sec
Lord Reed spotted on University Challenge
UKSC President captained Balliol College Oxford
EXCLUSIVE: regional NQ pay hits all-time high of £81k in Osborne Clarke salary hike
Rises in the London office too
Ropes & Gray lawyer roasts Netflix hit show’s portrayal of City law life
“I couldn’t help but laugh over much how they got wrong on the practice of corporate law”
Express Solicitors offers staff an extra week’s pay as cost-of-living support
Available to all 430 staff