Author: jonathan-ames

If four-year trend continues, more than half of those on the BPTC are likely to fail ethics module at first go next year

Junior is hit with an indefinite suspension and a £10,000 costs order into the bargain

The best from below the line

Exclusive: London office of New York firm is now highest paying in City

The best law-related summer frippery

Bar Standards Board refuses to provide details, but says single case has distorted internal conduct figures

Plucky east Londoner needs £12,000 to do bar course

It’s solicitor v barrister in fight for coveted Law Society gong

First Jonathan Sumption QC laid into law degrees, now he’s criticising qualified lawyers for being narrow minded

The best from below the line

Age-old tradition of drunken bread roll fights looks set to be pensioned off as it's not sufficiently educational

Regulator’s annual figures show complaints rise, but 31% fewer lawyers were given red cards

From the heights of Legal Cheek to slumming it in the Ivy League

Diversity recruitment agency announcement suggests Olswang has got into the good wood game

The desperate monetisation of Britain’s criminal justice system

Contract kicks off this September in a post-sale boost for university

Head of London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association also has a pop at legal education establishment

ULaw offering 50% rebate of fees for those unable to secure job in "legal or commerce"

Leadership election manifesto of former health secretary calls for a review of recent cuts

Keele and Hertfordshire law schools announced today that it’s all over for their Graduate Diploma in Law courses

UCL law school boffin produces an image of what good legal values should look like