Category: News

‘This has to stop’: Legal aid lawyers report receiving online threats after vilification by politicians and press
Legal aid firm Duncan Lewis says it's getting 'threatening messages' after hostile coverage

The perfect law grad is a ‘team player’ with ‘excellent communication skills’, according to research
Data bods use job ads to identify key qualities employers seek from legally-minded uni leavers

BPP law student swims 200 lengths of local pool — in a mermaid tail
Raises money for legal charities

Junior barrister hits back at Boris Johnson’s ‘hamstrung’ justice comment in viral Twitter thread
PM waded into government's 'lefty lawyers' saga yesterday

Tribunal fines solicitor convicted of sexually assaulting 18-year-old woman at taxi rank
Ravi Khosla hit with £17.5k penalty following 'moment of complete madness'

Law Society: Lawyers could face physical attacks following Home Secretary speech
Priti Patel lashed out at 'lefty lawyers' and 'do-gooders' during conference address

Future Pinsent Masons trainee to fund law scholarship with proceeds of new book
Matthew Berrick's Legal Insider provides 'unfiltered insights' from top City lawyers

White & Case ups NQ solicitor pay to £130k — a boost of £25k
Trainees and associates also handed sizeable rises

Supreme Court president: I want a BAME justice within six years
Lord Reed also discusses 'appalling' treatment of junior barrister mistaken for defendant, in new wide-ranging interview

DWF to use government apprentice levy to fund new SQE solicitor training programme for graduates
Replaces training contract from January 2022

Tequila and torts! Law student Kim Kardashian downs shots in late night study sesh with lawyer mentors
'Cocktails and contracts' and 'crunk and crim' could be on the cards

BPP students’ frustration over exam clash with winter vac scheme dates
Exclusive: Law school says it's 'unfortunate' and they 'have the opportunity to attend a 2021 scheme'

Junior criminal barristers earning less than minimum wage, Bar Council warns
Forced to take second and even third jobs to 'make ends meet'

Family court rejects 41-year-old solicitor’s attempt to sue parents for financial support
An 'unedifying and really rather sad dispute'

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Your must-read student career resources rank and analyse 100 law firms, 50 chambers and 30 law schools

Ulster Uni’s A&O and Bakers-backed innovation hub launches lawtech LLM
New masters degree combines corporate law with computing

#MyRoutetotheBar: Tweeting barristers share their unconventional career paths
Features advice from a former window cleaner, lifeguard and nightclub DJ

Clifford Chance launches Oxford Uni tech bursaries
Aims to encourage greater diversity on computer science course

Ayesha Vardag in cardigan shame
'Diva of Divorce' rocks knitted apparel in promotional post on firm website -- despite advising staff to steer clear