Category: News
SRA reveals SQE exam cost of £3,980 as it extends transitional arrangements in response to COVID-19
Total fee doesn't include prep course costs
9 City law firms make gender equality employer list
Recognised for creating workplace environments inclusive of women
Latest financials reveal mixed fortunes for City firms
Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons, Clyde & Co, RPC and HFW among those to post 2020 results
Six top commercial chambers unite to mentor ‘under-represented’ aspiring barristers
Magic circle sets look to tackle bar's ongoing diversity problem
Allen & Overy sets 35% ethnic minority target for trainees
Magic circle firm also wants to retain more black NQs as part of wider diversity push
Herbert Smith Freehills: Partner profits slip by nearly 10% to £857,000
Taylor Wessing also records drop
Junior solicitor struck off for trying to cover up costs order against her client
Newly qualified Katherine Gilroy said her mental health had suffered from overwork
New ‘10xChallenge’ replaces London Legal Walk
Due to public health considerations regarding social distancing and mass gatherings
Home-working: Older solicitors more likely to struggle with tech compared to younger colleagues, research finds
Do you know your Zoom from your Hangouts?
Freshfields posts 84% trainee retention score
Declines to say if any NQs are on fixed-term deals
‘Eat Out to Help Out’… at the Supreme Court
Top court’s café joins government’s new discount scheme -- but remains closed for now
Staffordshire law grad wins High Court judicial review declaring benefit regulations unlawful
Not a bad thing to have on your CV as a wannabe lawyer
US law firm Crowell & Moring to recruit first London trainee
Inaugural rookie will complete 'non-rotational' TC
Corporate law firm pledges to donate all profits to charity — forever
Aria Grace Law looks to ‘spread the wealth’
WFW pauses recruitment for direct TC applicants as it announces 94% autumn retention
Exclusive: Watson Farley & Williams to review process and will resume once able to run assessment centres effectively
Magic circle partner reveals how home-working has changed his life for the better
A&O funds lawyer Paul Sampson says he can now have dinner with his wife and read his kids a bedtime story
Irwin Mitchell retains 47 out of 52 autumn NQ solicitors
Strong 90% score follows firm's decision to delay start dates of future trainees
‘Kirkland & End It’ is the latest corporate law meme account poking fun at the profession
Is this a new social media trend?
BPTC student raises bias and privacy concerns over exam proctoring
BSB says online exams aren't 'discriminatory' but union have come out in support of students wanting to pursue potential legal action
US firms hold the MoneyLaw line
Akin Gump, Vinson & Elkins, Sidley and Debevoise have 'no plans' to reduce London trainee or NQ pay
A group of anonymous BPP students have published an open letter complaining about LPC lockdown ‘failures’
'All concerns raised by students are taken seriously and dealt with using the processes stated in our regulations,' says law school in response