Category: News
Top Blackstone silk fined £18,000 for drink driving
Details of hefty court penalty appear in recent BSB decision
ULaw secures GDL and LPC training deal with national law firm TLT
Outfit takes on around 15 trainees each year
Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament unlawful, Scotland’s highest court rules
Supreme Court showdown next week
Linklaters ditches traditional training contract application to save students time
New online skills assessment will slash submission time from five hours to 90 minutes, says magic circle firm
New tribunal date set for Allen & Overy partner who helped draft Weinstein NDA
Mark Mansell to face SDT on 5 December
‘Hackers, hustlers and hipsters’ not enough to solve access to justice problems, argues top law prof
A ‘killer app’ is yet to emerge
‘Sex is fun, and I can get paid for it’, says criminal lawyer who side hustles as prostitute
Married mother Katherine Sears claims to have once made £44,500 in just three weeks
Accountancy giant Deloitte in ‘SQE training contract’ first
First ten up for grabs from today
Exclusive: City law firm ‘consortium’ prepares to appoint super-exam prep course provider
Linklaters latest to join influential group
Bar Council teams up with AI start-up to launch ‘anti-harassment app’
Barristers will be able to record and report inappropriate behaviour with the touch of a button
Ashurst keeps 20 out of 24 NQ solicitors as it bumps trainee pay by 5%
£46,000 in year one, rising to £50,000 in year two
Manchester innovation in legal education conference launched
30 January event will bring together firms, northshoring hubs and law schools ahead of introduction of the SQE
Stephenson Harwood retains 92% of autumn qualifying trainees
All bar one NQ stays put
Gina Miller loses High Court bid to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament
Next stop: the Supreme Court
Ropes & Gray ups London trainee pay by 10% to £55,000
Year one rookies receive £50,000 -- a 9% boost
Trainees must prepare for ‘culture shock’ of billable time recording, vlogging junior lawyer warns
Chrissie Wolfe’s latest vid helps new trainees 'smash' their time entries
Paralegal handed six-month suspended jail sentence for paperwork error has decision overturned on appeal
Original ruling not 'fair or transparent'
Linklaters redesigns training contract offer letter in bid to gain edge over rivals in hot graduate recruitment market
Student response speed has increased as a result, says partner
Gowling WLG ups London NQ solicitor pay by 8% to £71,000
Birmingham bunch also handed rises
First legal bid to stop Boris Johnson shutting down parliament fails
Cross-party group has already signalled intention to appeal