News

Kirkland & Ellis chopping boards are actually a thing

MoneyLaw firm makes move into kitchenware?

Oct 15 2020 10:32am

City law firms repay government furlough money

Norton Rose Fulbright, Herbert Smith Freehills and Osborne Clarke wind back cost-cutting measures after performance exceeds expectations

Oct 15 2020 9:22am

Majority of law school websites don’t mention SQE, research finds

Only 8% give some detail about new course provision

Oct 14 2020 12:18pm

Suspension for barrister convicted of GBH

Also fined £2k

Oct 14 2020 10:45am

DWF retains 25 of 39 trainee solicitors

Six on fixed-term deals

Oct 14 2020 9:14am

‘I’d be shouted at because I left the pub at 10 o’clock rather than 11pm’, says bullied former pupil barrister

New bar study finds rookies ‘particularly vulnerable’ to bullying and harassment

Oct 13 2020 1:07pm

Russell Group unis launch partnership with new SQE provider

Students at Manchester University and King's College London will be offered BARBRI SQE workshops and fee discounts

Oct 13 2020 10:28am

Hogan Lovells keeps 20 out of 29 autumn NQ solicitors

Two on fixed-term contracts

Oct 13 2020 9:20am

Law student gives birth during bar exam

Finishes assessment the next day

Oct 12 2020 10:53am

Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Oct 12 2020 8:12am

New era of home-working could spell the end for sky-high City lawyer salaries, Big Four legal boss warns

PwC partner Ed Stacey reckons it's getting harder to justify regional pay differences

Oct 9 2020 12:01pm

9 things City lawyers miss about the office — as told by The Office GIFs

With help from Michael Scott and the gang

Oct 9 2020 10:15am

Will the SQE kill the GDL?

Legal Cheek talks to the main players to see where they stand on the law conversion course

Oct 9 2020 9:13am
computer blogs lawyers

Best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Oct 9 2020 8:30am

‘This has to stop’: Legal aid lawyers report receiving online threats after vilification by politicians and press

Legal aid firm Duncan Lewis says it's getting 'threatening messages' after hostile coverage

Oct 8 2020 12:26pm

The perfect law grad is a ‘team player’ with ‘excellent communication skills’, according to research

Data bods use job ads to identify key qualities employers seek from legally-minded uni leavers

Oct 8 2020 9:16am

Junior barrister hits back at Boris Johnson’s ‘hamstrung’ justice comment in viral Twitter thread

PM waded into government's 'lefty lawyers' saga yesterday

Oct 7 2020 10:56am