Author: alex

An open letter to training contract applicants everywhere

Being commercial can make up for a lot, but only if you understand what lawyers are selling

Jul 19 2017 9:57am

A second law firm is set to list on the London Stock Exchange

Gordon Dadds to follow Gateley in going public

Jul 12 2017 10:45am

The tuition fee backlash could spell danger for the solicitor super-exam

Design of the cheaper LPC replacement is based on undergraduate fees staying high

Jul 12 2017 9:20am

Norton Rose Fulbright raises NQ pay to £75k

Trainee money is increased too

Jul 11 2017 9:50am

Shearman & Sterling keeps 13 out of 15 trainees

Their pay will now more than DOUBLE from £50k to £105k

Jul 10 2017 9:17am

Allen & Overy tops magic circle financial results growth league, with Clifford Chance coming in second

Linklaters is third and Freshfields fourth, while Slaughter and May declines to take part in summer bling fest

Jul 7 2017 9:47am

What you need to know before you apply for a training contract

The application deadlines are looming

Jul 4 2017 10:49am

Solicitor super-exam WILL change how big City law firms hire trainees, insists SRA boss

Comments come in response to suggestion by Hogan Lovells chief that scrapping LPC may not have major impact

Jun 14 2017 9:28am

Is the bar’s appeal to the best graduates destroying the magic circle?

In America the top legal talent joins law firms -- but not always in Britain

May 17 2017 10:50am

Cambridge law student launches Lord Denning-inspired search engine

It seeks to draw on spirit of great judge through artificial intelligence

Apr 26 2017 8:59am

Slater and Gordon solicitor, 31, becomes youngest coroner in England and Wales

Leeds University graduate reaches judicial office way ahead of schedule

Apr 24 2017 9:14am

Pay trainees and NQs less; pay mid-level associates more, argues influential commentator

Rookie lawyer remuneration in London may have reached unsustainable levels

Apr 20 2017 9:02am

‘How Twitter works’ appendix to Katie Hopkins libel judgment was penned by rookie barrister, reveals phone hacking lawyer

But 5RB’s Greg Callus insists viral guide was a team effort as Jack Monroe describes him as “lovely”

Mar 11 2017 4:00pm

BPP University chief exits after 20 years at legal education giant

Carl Lygo started as a tutor at the law school in the 1990s

Mar 8 2017 6:43pm

Reed Smith boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £70k

NQ salaries rise by £7,000 as target hours head north too

Mar 3 2017 9:36am

‘UK’s top barrister’ fined by Bar Standards Board over website boasts

But legendary topcriminalqc.co.uk site lives on

Feb 1 2017 11:43am

Beware the bursting of law’s artificial intelligence bubble

Legal tech is a long story of incremental change, not revolution

Jan 31 2017 9:29am