Category: News

Skadden funds immigration law training contract in Manchester
US law firm's London office teams up with Legal Education Foundation

Majority of legal workers say working from home has improved their work-life balance
Almost half are 'dreading going back to the workplace'

Home Office deletes ‘activist’ tweet amid complaints about ‘loudmouthed lawyers’ on social media
Post had been condemned by the department's top civil servant

Gruntasnorus Poo Face! Glasgow Uni law prof in Zoom name blunder
Blames 11-year-old daughter

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