Category: News
Further speakers unveiled ahead of LegalEdCon 2022
High-profile figures from legal education and training among those to join roster as one month countdown begins
Slaughters increases NQ lawyer rates to £115k
Boosts of up to 20% across all PQE levels too
Kim Kardashian essay to be model answer for future law students
The social media superstar’s written efforts receive a 'nearly perfect score'
Davis Polk joins City pay war with £160k NQ salary
Firm hikes trainee pay (again!), as does Gibson Dunn
SRA abandons prosecution of junior solicitor who lost briefcase
Regulator drops case against Claire Louise Matthews in light of new medical evidence
Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman on US Supreme Court
‘I am standing on the shoulders of my own role models’, says ex-Goodwin and MoFo lawyer
Top criminal chambers pledge support for ‘no returns’ as barrister action begins
Move comes in response to 'unacceptably low' legal aid fees
Colston Four becomes Colston Three as victorious barrister is left off follow-up panel event
No spot for Liam Walker QC as rest of defence team prepare to discuss legal arguments in high-profile trial
Mishcon teams up with UCL to fund lawtech PhD
Four-year fellowship will explore use of AI in legal sector
Hogan Lovells launches pro bono clinic to support public with rising living costs
City lawyers offer guidance on benefits and support funds as energy prices soar
Freshfields and Slaughters follow Clifford Chance in upping LPC maintenance grants by a quarter
Future trainees to receive £12,500 in financial support
Justice minister hits back at Charlotte Proudman’s criticism of court procedure for rape victims
MoJ's David Wolfson rebuts Goldsmith barrister's tweet asserting rape victims 'sit alone, isolated, unable to see what is happening in court'
Cleary Gottlieb criticised for charging out top lawyers at £1,131 an hour
‘No justification at all’ for eye-watering rate, rules Lord Justice Males
Hogan Lovells joins City pay war with improved £107.5k NQ rate
Potential to earn £145k+ with bonus
World law school rankings: Top 20 spots for LSE, UCL, King’s and Edinburgh
Harvard beats Oxbridge -- again
Dentons and ULaw launch separate SQE pathways for paralegals
Law firm and law school giants to help legal workers qualify as solicitors
WFW partner named as British man killed by landslide alongside youngest son
Firm says it will remember and honour 'dear friend and colleague' Mehraab Nazir, 49, who had been hiking in Australia
SQE assessment fees to increase by £135
Cost rise comes despite delays and technical issues affecting January results day
Gender pay gap narrows slightly at A&O
'Changes continue to be small', says magic circle player, 'but the overall trend is moving in the right direction'
Give pupillage seekers better feedback, urge rookie barristers
Respondents to Bar Council survey also call on chambers to ditch rejection by silence