Category: News
Ex-Clifford Chance junior lawyer charged with insider trading alongside younger banker brother
Profited in excess of £140k, FCA claim
15 City law firms sign social mobility action plan
Outfits to offer mentoring to aspiring lawyers from disadvantaged backgrounds
Keoghs launches SQE apprenticeship for graduates
Runs alongside traditional TC
BPP Law School to offer module in small talk
University finds a third of students don't feel comfortable talking in front of a group
Goodwin Procter raises NQ solicitor pay to £137,500
Trainee salaries to be reviewed in the summer
Jo Maugham QC claims Allen & Overy blacklisted him and his chambers
Tax barrister says 'ban' came in ‘aftermath’ of fox killing tweet
Law firm hires ‘I.M. Nottacat’
Spoof specialities include ‘M&A (meow and agitate)’
City Law School launches student-staffed environmental law clinic
Latest pro bono offering sees aspiring lawyers work on green policy and legal problems
Slaughter and May ups NQ solicitor salaries to £90.5k — but rises fall short of pre-pandemic pay levels
Trainees also handed increases
Eco-barrister to face contempt of court proceedings for leaking Supreme Court Heathrow judgment
Tim Crosland is being hauled back before top justices for his calculated act of protest
Legal experts highlight need for reform as Queen’s ‘anti-democratic’ vetting powers come to light
Over 1,000 laws needed Her Majesty's consent as result of archaic constitutional rule
London office of US law firm seeks newly qualified solicitor… to work as a paralegal
Warning signs for NQ job prospects?
Litigation law firm drops Hamilton-inspired BigLaw diss track
'Cut your own path it’s ok to be defiant... BigLaw is big, but for change we need giants' 🎶
Freshfields targets social mobility ‘cold spots’ with sixth form mentoring scheme
Teens eligible for paid internships at magic circle firm
Paths to becoming a lawyer: Your official roadmap to the legal profession goes live
Don’t know your LLBs from your SQEs? Don’t panic. This new comprehensive guide is here to help
CILEx launches SQE rival for school leavers
Training body creates new route to lawyer qualification which will cost a maximum of £12.5k
Zoom blunder turns lawyer into cat
‘I’m here live. I’m not a cat’, Rod Ponton tells judge during virtual court hearing
City law firms and chambers come together for #10000BlackInterns initiative
National campaign gets underway next year with aim to provide paid internships for black graduates
ULaw reveals SQE prep course fees
Prices range from £500 for a short SQE1 revision course to £16,500 for most comprehensive LLM
Solicitor who assaulted female family member rebuked
Received conditional caution
City Consortium to provide SQE ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees
Exclusive: Will cover legal tech and project management skills