Author: thomas-connelly

Aspiring barristers offered chance to win £12,000 pupillage bonus

Pupils vying for ICLR’s cash bonus will be judged on financial need and merit

Mar 4 2019 11:54am

Paralegal who lied about having first class Oxford Brookes law degree fined £2,000

Hani Hussein also claimed to have completed the BPTC

Feb 27 2019 11:24am

Disgraced junior lawyer MP’s jail term not unduly lenient, Attorney General rules

Fiona Onasanya released from prison this morning after serving a third of her three-month jail sentence for perverting the course of justice

Feb 26 2019 9:50am

Legal Twitterati poke fun at lawyer’s incredible LinkedIn boast

'As humble as I am, very early on in my career I realised I was the best'

Feb 25 2019 11:22am

Introduce quotas to boost women partner numbers, says ex-magic circle lawyer

Dana Denis-Smith argues 'self-regulation doesn’t work'

Feb 20 2019 10:36am

Sheffield Hallam University launches student-staffed law firm

SHU Law will offer aspiring lawyers real-life work experience during their LLBs

Feb 20 2019 8:48am
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Lord Chief Justice: ‘Call out’ sexism on the bench

As another barrister goes public with negative experience

Feb 19 2019 10:35am

Lawyer stages fake drink drive trial to propose to girlfriend

Stunned bride-to-be's family and friends acted as the jury

Feb 19 2019 8:43am

#MeToo pioneer Charlotte Proudman reveals she received bottom spanking note on ‘judicial headed note paper’

It came shortly after the barrister went public with City solicitor's 'sexist' LinkedIn message

Feb 15 2019 12:13pm

‘Vulnerable’ junior lawyers need greater protection from ‘toxic and uncaring’ law firms

JLD pens open letter to regulator in wake of controversial whistleblower decision

Feb 14 2019 1:06pm

‘Don’t act like you’re on a stag-do’ or ‘make repetitive jokes about breasts or skirts’, junior barrister tells male colleagues

Joanna Hardy offers nine practical pointers to improving retention of women at the criminal bar

Feb 13 2019 5:09pm

Pupil barrister has wig tin confiscated by court security – Twitter reacts

'What level of tinpot jobsworthery brings this about?'

Feb 13 2019 10:44am

Lady Arden: I was told I couldn’t be a barrister because solicitors would never instruct a woman

Supreme Court justice reflects on legal career in new interview

Feb 13 2019 8:48am

More action needed to tackle ‘hostile environment’ driving women from the bar

‘This stuff is not complicated, so let’s get on with it’, says Chris Henley QC

Feb 12 2019 11:02am

Applications to find next Lady Hale now open

Supreme Court looks to fill top judicial spots created by trio of 2020 retirements

Feb 11 2019 1:40pm

University of Manchester students express concern over plan to merge Schools of Law and Social Sciences

Loss of 'identity and reputation' among issues raised by LLBers

Feb 11 2019 11:57am