Author: thomas-connelly
Why does the ‘Do you know anyone at the firm’ question appear on application forms?
Law student tweets frustration after being asked for “personal contacts”
Wragge & Co gear up for Gowling WLG name switch
Newly formed international firm will continue to “review” training contract numbers post merger
UKIP gay rights barrister quits party due to ‘vile homophobe’ in open Facebook letter
Strand Chambers’ Richard Hendron claims political party is “becoming even more small-minded"
BPP Law School owner Apollo Education to be sold for £760 million
US education giant will be purchased by group of investors
Lord Dyson quits as Master of the Rolls
Country's most senior civil judge has heavily criticised both cuts to legal aid and court costs
The SRA is to call 16 witnesses from institutions on Lord Harley’s CV to decide if it’s legit
Five-day hearing to put to bed 18 months of confusion
Kirkland & Ellis latest firm to join ‘100 club’ with junior lawyer pay boost
London office of Chicago outfit becomes the seventh firm to pay its NQs £100k
Junior solicitor group campaigns against Brexit as City firm urges young people to vote
Corporate lawyers get into referendum spirit
Blackstone boosts pupillage award from £60k to £65k to keep pace with elite sets
Big-money commercial and public law set throws an extra £5,000 at its baby barristers
BPP law library standoff: Female GDL student confronts two male laptop thieves — grabbing one by the throat
Aspiring lawyers build human wall across Waterloo campus entrance to stop would-be thieves escaping
Lecturers from Oxford, Bangor, Leicester, Trent, Westminster and Sheffield Hallam shortlisted for ‘Law Teacher of the Year 2016’
Frontrunners for the coveted prize recognised for their "exceptional teaching"
A law firm that used to make trainees pay for law school is now covering the cost of GDL and LPC fees
Partners at Fladgate flip broke students some cash -- will other firms outside the City follow?
Facebook lawyers object to Belgian court order — because it contains English words
Social media giant’s legal team are concerned Belgians won't understand terms such as “cookie” and “browser”
Mechanic jailed for 27 year for killing ex-Herbert Smith Freehills paralegal in her family home
Trusted family friend murdered aspiring barrister in August 2015
Sir Terry Wogan was awarded Doctor of Laws degree after mocking Leicester’s roadworks
Much-loved television presenter passed away yesterday after short battle with cancer
King’s College law student uses 1930s case law to demand lifetime supply of chocolate after getting eight KitKats with no WAFER
Did the aspiring lawyer rely on the case law classic of Donoghue v Stevenson?
Mayer Brown announces 100% trainee retention as it opens applications for earn-while-you-learn
Global giant with dual route to qualification keeps 2016 kids
‘Oriel College has basically said f*ck all the black people’: Oxford law student lashes out at uni decision to keep Cecil Rhodes statue
Controversial public Facebook post made from Ntokozo Qwabe's account -- then privacy settings are changed
SRA neglects to register Jones Day trainee lawyers for almost two years
*Regulatory facepalm*
Global megafirm partner tells colleagues not to waste his time with ‘thank you’ emails
'Ain't nobody got time for that'