Category: News

Irwin Mitchell and Bird & Bird post latest trainee retention scores
Scores of 93% and 79%

Travers Smith to relocate City HQ
Next to Goldman Sachs and Deloitte buildings

London NQ lawyer pay at Weil swells to £145k
Also records perfect 100% retention score

NRF to offer graduate solicitor apprenticeships in Newcastle
Open to existing and future paralegals

A&O partner resigns after footage of office canoodling surfaces online
'The matter has been investigated and addressed', says firm spokesperson

Leeds Uni law students offered £10k cash and free accommodation to defer
Move comes as A-level grades hit record highs

Kent Uni law students launch TV series exploring ‘contemporary legal issues’
The Grenfell disaster, Brexit and immigration

Ban for rookie solicitor who ‘misappropriated’ over £100k
Fabricated signatures

Clifford Chance and Slaughters confirm autumn retention scores of 70% and 82%
All on permanent deals

A&O ramps up US presence with new Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices
Scoops eights lawyers from White & Case

Skadden secures new skyscraper office featuring City’s first ‘sky-wall’ climbing window
Corporate perks reach new heights

Trainee solicitor barred over past stalking conviction
Offence occurred in 2016

Travers partner profits soar 21% to £1.2 million
Revenue up too 📈

Eversheds becomes latest City firm to target net zero emissions
By 2050 or sooner

Clyde & Co confirms 79% autumn trainee retention score
Holds junior lawyer salaries steady

Get jabbed before coming to the office, US firms tell lawyers
Davis Polk and Ropes & Gray to disable ID cards of unvaccinated employees, reports claim

Law grad turned Bake Off star joins Strictly Come Dancing line-up
John Whaite is one half of show's first-ever male pairing

Gibson Dunn hikes London junior lawyer salaries to £145k
Covington raises NQ rates to £128k

Oxford Uni confirms law exams will be online next academic year
They'll also continue to be open-book