News
Barristerspeak: A guide for students
'Secret Barrister' reveals what members of the bar are actually on about
What, no lawyers on this year’s The Apprentice!?
Lawyer-loathing Lord Sugar snubs legal sector as new contestants are revealed
Bar chief says young barristers ‘unable to fulfil potential’ as law reporters launch scholarship for skint pupils
Law reporting charity chips in with some cash for legal aid rookies
Morning round-up: Tuesday 6 October
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
New plastic bag legislation is a triumph of pedantic drafting
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 deserves wider recognition
Addleshaw Goddard junior lawyer so busy that he keeps working during charity cycle
The battle to meet those hours targets never stops
Firms Most List 2016: US hyper elite pay most and hire more graduates in London
Magic circle under pressure as Americans lead UK market
Solicitor tricked into transferring £734k of client money to phone-scammers
Internet banking scam hits legal profession
Morning round-up: Monday 5 October
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Clifford Chance takes on Uber with drivers ‘defecating in gardens’ attack
Cabbies pool resources to hire magic circle giant
Pupil barrister spotted sweeping chambers’ front step with dustpan and brush
They don't teach you this on the BPTC
The law firm’s 466% turnover increase, the ex-senior partner’s fraud and the ambiguously worded press release
It makes for an explosive combination
Is Charlotte Proudman about to sue the tabloids?
Labelling me a 'Feminazi' is defamatory, claims barrister-turned-gender commentator
Morning round-up: Friday 2 October
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper are better than the magic circle, claim brand gurus
Global behemoths beat London aristocrats
‘Are you sure I don’t look silly?’ Attorney General’s Twitter jitters over full-bottomed wig pic
Jeremy Wright QC deletes photo -- then, after seemingly recovering composure, re-posts it
City firm offers virtual ‘helicopter trips’ and ‘Ferrari racing’ in bid to make commercial awareness interesting
But will CMS's virtual reality headsets allow students to forget that it's slashing trainee numbers by a third this year?
Why ‘following your passion’ isn’t always the best advice
Law can be tough, but it provides a better grounding than a job in a trendy start-up, argues an anonymous magic circle trainee solicitor
Morning round-up: Thursday 1 October
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Friends of Freshfields lawyer shot dead in Berlin are crowdfunding to help his family
Legal and other costs facing popular ex-solicitor's parents could hit £20,000
Top QC who didn’t pay tax for 12 years is struck off
Commercial silk Rohan Pershad QC was "extremely poor at paperwork"