Category: News

Meet the ski-loving UCL law student waiting out lockdown in the Swiss Alps
Future magic circle trainee Benedict Wilson juggles skiing with remote studies having flown out before the latest travel rules came into force

Flexi training contract specialist launches SQE scholarship for Black aspiring lawyers
Accutrainee's diversity initiative sees it team up with City outfits including CMS

Ex-magic circle trainee reveals why she quit law to live on a narrowboat
'I found the work so boring,' says former Linklaters lawyer Dorothy Henson

Lawyers left stunned after ex-Supreme Sumption tells cancer sufferer her life is ‘less valuable’ on national TV
Former top judge insists comment was taken out of context

Norton Rose Fulbright cuts 132 roles — majority in London
19 lawyers among redundancies

Ban for ex-Herbert Smith Freehills paralegal who faked overtime approval
Claimed extra 260 hours over two-month period

Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance 2021
Which firms are offering the best of both worlds?

Law student told to stump up £300 a month for ‘paralegal mentorship’
Exclusive: Lawyers warn Open Uni undergrad Katrina White to steer clear

Allen & Overy kicks off spring retention season with 92% result
34 out of 37 trainees kept on

Top London QC under fire for agreeing to prosecute Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners
Baroness Kennedy describes David Perry's decision as 'a source of shame'

Disciplinary case against magic circle partner who worked on Harvey Weinstein NDA halted over health concerns
Tribunal finds that proceedings against Allen & Overy's Mark Mansell represented a 'significant risk to life'

Linklaters reports latest gender and ethnicity pay gaps
Magic circle player reveals largely unchanged results

‘Legally Brunette’ TikToker documents life as a UCL law student
Daniella Swinson’s amusing clips have amassed over one million likes

From dreaded commutes to ironing shirts: Lawyers reveal what they don’t miss about office life
Lockdown's 'silver linings'

Law Society president faces misconduct tribunal after High Court rules he has case to answer
David Greene denies allegation he deliberately misled judge and says he fully expects to be cleared

Speakers announced for The SQE Sessions
28 January virtual event marks super-exam launch year; speakers include key figures from law firms and legal education

Wetherspoon to remove lockdown sceptic posters — including one featuring Lord Sumption
'It is fair to say that a few of the comments are out of date', says pub spokesperson

City law firms increase lawyer leave in light of lockdown 3.0
'Lockdown leave' schemes aimed at working parents and carers

Revealed: Law firms’ average work from home start and finish times 2020-21
Everything has changed over the past 12 months -- but what about working hours for trainee and junior lawyers?

Law Society to probe historical slave trade links
Research proposed by Society's BAME network

Lawyers put in 20 extra work days when working from home
Almost two-thirds hope for hybrid-working once pandemic is over, research reveals