Category: News

Ashurst keeps 18 out of 20 NQ solicitors
90% autumn score

Legal Twitterati outrage over Home Office’s ‘activist lawyer’ tweet
The Secret Barrister changed their handle to 'The Secret Activist Lawyer (AKA Barrister)' in response

Reed Smith cuts London lawyer roles in wake of pandemic
13 associates and six support staff redundant following review

Dechert boosts London NQ solicitor pay to £120,000
Despite COVID

Lord Stephens appointed Supreme Court judge
Replaces Lord Kerr who retires next month

Burges Salmon records 97% trainee retention score
29 out of 30

Majority of legal workers expect a pay rise within next year, study finds
One fifth feel confident in securing a promotion despite coronavirus effect on economy

De Montfort Uni’s mock courtroom to host new TV sports show starring ex-footballer Steve Claridge as a judge
Producer says he'll consider involving DMU law students in the future

Work remotely up to 50% of the time, Linklaters tells lawyers
Magic circle player to embrace WFH life post-COVID

Revealed: The non-law careers law students are considering
Legal Cheek exclusive research shows most want to work in business, consulting and management or the public sector upon graduating

Linklaters rounds off magic circle retention season with 46 trainees staying on
One on fixed-term contract

Stephenson Harwood retains 11 out of 12 trainees in London
Three on fixed-term deals

Struck-off solicitor’s George Floyd comparison slammed by tribunal
Branded 'grossly offensive'

Osborne Clarke posts 96% trainee retention score
22 out of 23

Petition calling for botched bar exams to be scrapped attracts over 1,200 signatures
Just grade us on the rest of the BPTC, students urge

BLM to shutter two offices in permanent remote-working push
Launches redundancy consultation

Former MI5 boss to become law lecturer
Sir Andrew Parker takes up visiting prof role at Northumbria Law School

BPP secures indefinite degree-awarding powers
Previously assigned on time-limited basis

Bar exams: BSB plans to offer ‘pen and paper’ resits as soon as possible
Regulator will launch 'lessons learned review' of testing issues

Legal education charity backs 19 ‘social justice’ training contracts
Applications now open