Category: News

Stephenson Harwood embraces earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships

City player also launches £15k a year scholarship fund in diversity push

Jun 9 2020 11:20am

Durham Uni law student tackles lockdown loneliness with charity chatline

'Chit-chat' by Lewis Alexander Baxter aims to 'connect the nation through conversation'

Jun 9 2020 10:32am

Top chambers postpone mini-pupillage schemes in response to COVID-19

But some sets are offering virtual minis and webinars

Jun 9 2020 9:04am

Exam blunder sees Oxford University law students given wrong criminal paper

Told of error halfway through open-book assessment

Jun 8 2020 2:32pm

Wife of 25 Bedford Row barrister reveals husband’s battles with racism in viral Facebook post

'People often assume that he is the defendant', writes Katie Lynch

Jun 8 2020 1:07pm

Squire Patton Boggs and Osborne Clarke move summer vacation schemes online

Law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption

Jun 8 2020 10:29am

CONFIRMED: This is what the new solicitor super-exam will look like

Two-part assessment to come into force from 1 September 2021 -- subject to LSB approval

Jun 8 2020 9:26am

Freshfields lawyers aghast after senior partner refers to ‘Blacks’ in firm-wide email

Boss Edward Braham apologises and says he is 'committed to learning from this'

Jun 5 2020 1:29pm

DWF defers training contract start dates by six months

Thirty-one new joiners will now start in February

Jun 5 2020 9:41am

Defence barrister fined £1,000 for ‘pulling faces’ at judge

She also described a decision as ‘insane'

Jun 5 2020 7:55am

Sidley Austin retains all 11 autumn NQ solicitors

One associate-to-be is on a fixed-term contract

Jun 4 2020 9:17am

Henry Hendron wins appeal against second suspension

BSB concedes case on a technicality unearthed by its own barrister

Jun 3 2020 12:39pm

Dominic Grieve is now a law lecturer

Ex-Attorney General will be a visiting professor at Goldsmiths

Jun 3 2020 11:01am

King’s College London law student tackles case law on TikTok

Handy 60-second explainers cover legal basics -- from contract to criminal law

Jun 3 2020 9:13am

David Lammy joins Doughty Street Chambers

Barrister turned Labour MP for Tottenham becomes associate tenant

Jun 2 2020 11:22am

Reed Smith to cut London lawyer roles due to pandemic

‘Targeted redundancy process’ will impact 'small number' of associates and staff, global outfit says

Jun 2 2020 10:08am

BPTC students urge regulator to reconsider COVID-19 exam plans

93% of bar hopefuls surveyed believe BSB's proposals will negatively impact their performance

Jun 2 2020 9:13am

My electrician makes more than a junior barrister, ex-judge complains

Sir Richard Henriques aghast at tradespeople out-earning lawyers

Jun 1 2020 2:57pm

Pop star Halsey reveals she’s studying law

Singer plans to sit California bar exam

Jun 1 2020 11:44am