Jonathan Ames
Jonathan Ames is is an experienced legal and business affairs editor and writer of two decades’ standing. He also contributes to a range of other publications, including The Times.
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Qualify as a solicitor in six years without going to uni – radical scheme unveiled
Reformed route could profoundly shake up traditional legal education models — and be trouble for legal executives
Contextual recruitment hits magic circle: firms to consider students’ economic background and personal circumstances
Training contract hunters’ achievements to be “contextualised”
Rookie criminal barrister, 34, stands as UKIP London mayoral candidate
Former police inspector sued London’s Met for harassment — and his brother was recently arrested over a mysterious death
Dechert, Eversheds and Addleshaw latest firms to hike junior lawyer pay
Miriam Gonzalez’s firm leads way, upping NQ salary to £74,000
ULaw pulls plug on business school just weeks after launch
Opening of highly touted De Broc is shelved indefinitely owing to low student interest
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Are US law firms raiding City rivals to poach top qualifying talent?
No, it’s all myth, say recruitment experts — the Yanks are now training enough junior solicitors of their own
Bar Council snubs legal aid chambers over pupillage fair rates
Organisers claim event will widen pool of applicants, but class divisions between haves and have-nots will be clearly on display
City law pay bonanza — three firms boost junior wedge by as much as 9%
Exclusive: Chunky NQ pay rises at Travers Smith, Mayer Brown and Dentons
White & Case defects from University of Law to BPP
New Yorkers’ London office cuts GDL and LPC deal with ULaw’s arch-rival
Kaplan Law School to close
Third largest player in England and Wales legal education market takes a nosedive after eight years in business
Professional bodies over-taxing solicitors to tune of £2.4 million, says top regulator
Practising fee remains steady despite tumbling Solicitor Regulation Authority costs, as Law Society wants a bigger slice of pie
Law Society drops Lord Harley redaction clanger
Technology confounds solicitor profession chiefs as confidential elements of Blacker case are easily accessed
Campaigners bid to block development plans that would ‘devastate’ Inner Temple library
Online petition launched, but so far signatures are sparse
Solicitor struck off after fiddling train fares to pay LPC debts
Tribunal accepted young lawyer was under huge post-education financial pressure — but fraud is fraud
Personal injury solicitor storms off football pitch to head-butt supporter
Regulator to investigate lawyer’s park footie behaviour after he pleaded guilty to GBH
Pictures emerge of proposed Lincoln’s Inn ‘education bunker’
But no official comment on price tag or suggestions that inns are getting back into vocational training game
Solicitors’ profession keeps growing like Topsy — up 18% over five years
But with training contracts gradually evaporating and government reforms of legal aid system kicking in, could the party be over?
Law student was Briton killed in Bangkok terror attack
Vivian Chan was doing a law degree at BPP University in London
BPP big wigs silent as failed students are reported sacked from training contracts
Accelerated course disaster for seven wannabes — but law school won’t comment