Category: News

Law Society renames ‘Old Bookshop’ in honour of first female solicitor
Prominent room will bear Carrie Morrison's name

BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000
Belt-tightening measures across the City continue

Travers Smith posts 89% trainee retention score
17 out of 19

Oxford Uni grad launches ‘TikTok Law School’
Toby Willcocks' video series designed to help aspiring lawyers

Former BPP employment law lecturer successfully sues for unfair dismissal
Elizabeth Aylott wins on two counts; BPP launches appeal

‘We just love being lawyers’, sings CMS choir
The show must go on -- even under lockdown

Boost pupillage numbers by building a WeWork-style co-working space on one of the Inn’s ‘grand gardens’, says aspiring barrister
She accepts it may be difficult to execute

Junior solicitor fined £10,000 over abusive messages to Bumble date
James Andrew Wilson reported himself to the SRA after malicious communications conviction

BPTC students hit record numbers — but securing pupillage remains a big problem
1,753 bar hopefuls enrolled in 2018

British lawtech entrepreneur raises £9.6 million to fund ‘robot lawyer’ app
Joshua Browder's 'DoNotPay' has seen consumer demand skyrocket in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Macfarlanes ups TC numbers amid COVID-19 uncertainty
31 to 33 in response to firm growth

Black Solicitors Network urges law firm leaders to ‘walk the talk’ on diversity
'Turn positive intentions into positive action and create a level playing field for all,' group writes

Clifford Chance is latest magic circle firm to cut NQ solicitor pay
Follows moves made by Slaughters and A&O

Ban for ex-law firm office worker who set up spy cam in Starbucks toilet
Antony Dines also said to have recorded colleagues at work

ULaw announces proposed super-exam training deal with Sheffield Uni
Will also deliver LPC and GDL

Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%
COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease

COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online
Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms

Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic
Also implements reduced working week option

Senior CPS lawyer referred to regulator over far-right Facebook posts
Defence lawyers complain after spotting Britain First petition on government solicitor's feed

Virtual Pride 2020: Law firms move celebrations online in light of COVID-19
Bingo, discos and virtual 'voguing' -- a lot is going on(line) in recognition of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies