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”

Feb 11 2016 1:04pm

Wragge & Co gear up for Gowling WLG name switch

Newly formed international firm will continue to “review” training contract numbers post merger

Feb 10 2016 9:34am

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"

Feb 9 2016 12:34pm

BPP Law School owner Apollo Education to be sold for £760 million

US education giant will be purchased by group of investors

Feb 9 2016 11:33am

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

Feb 8 2016 12:47pm

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

Feb 5 2016 1:25pm

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

Feb 5 2016 9:11am

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

Feb 4 2016 2:46pm

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"

Feb 3 2016 11:37am

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?

Feb 3 2016 9:38am

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”

Feb 2 2016 1:17pm

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

Feb 1 2016 5:04pm

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

Feb 1 2016 3:04pm

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?

Feb 1 2016 12:18pm

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

Feb 1 2016 8:54am

‘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

Jan 29 2016 3:21pm