News

Top news presenter joins Irwin Mitchell
Ex-BBC anchor Joanna Gosling lands legal role

Leading GCs call for role to be formalised in corporate code overhaul
‘Historic omission’

‘I taught myself SQE – here’s how I got on’
Without law degree

CMS to cut associate roles
Redundancies in corporate team

Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend

‘Should I tell my boss I’m taking holiday for a vac scheme?’
One budding commercial solicitor seeks a safe route away from financial career

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Irwin Mitchell scoops Scottish firm
PI giant strikes deal with Wright, Johnston and Mackenzie

UN research assistant secures SQE1 scholarship for ‘impact of AI’ essay
Leeds grad Zalikha Younas receives £3k for BARBRI course

Pay rises are the number one reason lawyers switch firms, research shows
Unhappiness also up there

Post office inquiry: HSF admits using law grads in major disclosure task
Hearing postponed after thousands of documents not disclosed

RPC cancels Christmas (parties)
Firm struggles to find workable dates and venues

Attention to detail most important soft skill for lawyers, research finds
Problem-solving close second

5 tips to secure a City TC
Future trainee Anuja Venkataramani offers advice to lawyer hopefuls

Barrister takes shadow justice role in Labour reshuffle
Shabana Mahmood replaces Steve Reed who takes over rural affairs

High-flying law students perform worse in exams when using AI
Lower performers saw significant benefit

HSF records 93% trainee retention score
27 out of 29 NQs stay on