Thomas Connelly – Legal Cheek

BPP confirms new bar course will be over £5,000 cheaper than current BPTC

£13,870 in London and £12,620 elsewhere

4 days ago
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Barrister banned over indecent images conviction

Leicester Uni law grad jailed for 12 months

5 days ago
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Hale takes subtle swipe at Sumption over suggestion it will take 50 years to achieve gender equality across judiciary

Outspoken ex-Supreme Court judge made controversial comments in 2015

6 days ago
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Super-exam could damage ‘credibility’ of solicitor qualification, junior lawyers warn

JLD urges super-regulator to think carefully before giving new exam final sign-off

Nov 11 2019 10:57am
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Ban for legal worker who submitted her own job reference using bogus law firm email address

Going the extra mile

Nov 7 2019 10:20am
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Cleary Gottlieb ups London junior lawyer pay by 11% to £133,000

US outfit’s rookies handed extra cash too

Nov 7 2019 8:47am
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Top CPS lawyer scoops ULaw honorary doctorate

Eran Cutliffe appeared in BBC legal documentary The Prosecutors

Nov 6 2019 10:11am
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Olympic bomb hoax barrister banned from legal profession

Michael Shrimpton, who was disbarred in 2018, subject to further regulatory action — this time by the SRA

Nov 5 2019 10:24am
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Pro bono week: a quarter of barristers undertook free legal work last year

Record high

Nov 4 2019 10:54am
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Osborne Clarke chalks up 95% trainee retention result

19 out of 20

Oct 31 2019 12:39pm
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City Law School latest to offer two-part bar course following regulatory shake-up

It’s much cheaper, too

Oct 31 2019 8:55am
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Swansea Uni-backed legal lab scoops £4 million in EU funding

New hub to support research and develop advances in lawtech, Welsh government says

Oct 30 2019 12:05pm
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You’ve ‘wrecked’ my dream of becoming a lawyer: French LPC student blasts Boris’ Brexit vision in emotional open letter

PM is putting party and ego before national interests, Royal Holloway law grad claims

Oct 30 2019 9:03am
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Covington & Burling ups London NQ solicitor pay to £120,000

Extra £20,000

Oct 29 2019 9:05am
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Law firm flotations could help attract top lawyer talent through mega-money share options, survey findings suggest

As rumours surrounding Mishcon IPO continue

Oct 28 2019 11:35am
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10 month suspension for barrister who posted ‘offensive’ comments on Facebook

Less than a week after regulator issued fresh guidance on social media etiquette

Oct 28 2019 8:30am
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Lawyers joining Extinction Rebellion protests risk disciplinary action, solicitor warns

Leigh Day associate Gideon Habel advises legally-minded protestors to carry out ‘risk analysis’ before hitting the streets

Oct 24 2019 10:41am
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Man tries to trick Durham Uni into awarding him female law grad’s degree — by pretending she’s had a sex change

Tried to make himself ‘feel better’

Oct 23 2019 12:12pm
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BSB to barristers: avoid getting drawn into ‘heated’ social media spats

Regulator’s fresh guidance covers content posted in both a ‘professional and personal capacity’

Oct 23 2019 11:02am
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KCL partners with national law firm to launch student-staffed legal advice centre

Latest pro bono initiative to cover range of family law issues

Oct 21 2019 9:13am
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Slaughter and May distances itself from ‘Slaughtered and Dismayed’ corporate law meme account

Insta page, until recently, used a modified version of magic circle outfit’s logo

Oct 18 2019 8:53am
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