Category: News

Employment tribunal awards former BPP law lecturer £168k

Elizabeth Aylott found to have been constructively unfairly dismissed

Mar 5 2021 9:06am

Supreme Court gets a new female judge

Lady Justice Rose joins UK's top bench next month

Mar 5 2021 8:06am

SDT rejects allegations of misconduct against former Hong Kong Law Society president

Junius Kwan-yiu Ho found not to have incited violence during public meeting

Mar 4 2021 12:15pm

Top City firms confirm summer vacation schemes will stay online

Magic circle and US outfits stick to virtual programmes as COVID disruption continues

Mar 4 2021 9:12am

Law Society president steps down amid misconduct claims

David Greene, who denies claim he misled judge, will leave role later this month

Mar 3 2021 12:29pm

Attorney General makes history as first cabinet minister to take maternity leave

Overhaul of 'outdated' rules made move possible

Mar 3 2021 11:48am

Magic circle trainee’s mentoring programme secures first law school sign-up

GROW mentoring partners with Coventry Uni to pair students with lawyers

Mar 3 2021 10:21am

ULaw appoints director of equality, diversity and inclusion

Patrick Johnson joins the law school’s executive board

Mar 3 2021 9:33am

Student anger as BPP shuts Holborn campus for ‘essential maintenance’

Students, who pay a London premium, can access other centres, including one just over mile away in Waterloo, until reopening next month

Mar 2 2021 1:20pm

Plastic surgeon Zooms in to virtual court during operation

And you thought 'cat lawyer' was strange

Mar 2 2021 10:39am

A&O launches in LA

Magic circle outfit scoops 19 lawyers from Akin Gump

Mar 2 2021 8:52am

Pupil barrister trials UK’s first vegan wig

Samuel March's hemp-based prototype draws praise from legal profession

Mar 1 2021 12:14pm

Ex-Irwin Mitchell paralegal banned after destroying paperwork to cover up mistake

The client's personal injury case was struck out as a result

Mar 1 2021 10:45am

Legal Union steps in after trainee solicitor isn’t offered NQ role

Rookie claims law firm continued to recruit despite telling her it couldn't offer her role due to 'hiring freeze'

Mar 1 2021 9:24am

Gowling WLG apologises after post describing Black man as ‘very nice and extremely polite’ draws criticism online

'We recognise that we have more work to do,' says firm's UK chairman

Feb 26 2021 12:28pm

New website allows junior lawyers to anonymously share ‘Oops!’ moments

Aims to 'change the culture of unhelpful perfectionism in the legal industry'

Feb 26 2021 10:14am

Wolverhampton Uni red-faced over law examiner’s viral note

Grammatically incorrect email shared on LinkedIn by top-performing student

Feb 26 2021 8:30am

Elle Woods QC and Harvey Specter appear on ‘chambers website’

Spoof set Square Chambers boasts a strong fictional legal line-up

Feb 25 2021 1:09pm

Herbert Smith Freehills restarts international secondments for trainee solicitors

Four rookies to go abroad from next month

Feb 25 2021 11:02am

Slaughter and May to launch virtual insight programme that is open to anyone

No prior legal knowledge or experience required

Feb 24 2021 11:16am

Law among highest-paying grad jobs, research finds

Beaten only by investment banking 🤑

Feb 24 2021 8:52am