Category: News
Dechert partner refused stay in case against former client accused of spying on him
Latest development in tangled legal battle between Neil Gerrard and mining firm he used to represent
Squire Patton Boggs warns it may defer training contracts
Exclusive: City firm continuing to plan for August intake but urges future trainees to ‘hold off making financial decisions’ until COVID-19 situation is clearer
Freshfields and Taylor Wessing summer vacation schemes will go ahead — online
City law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption
Canterbury University law student urges private landlords to waive final rent fees
Some students expected to pay upwards of £2,000 for rooms no longer in use during COVID-19 lockdown
Disciplinary tribunal against former Baker McKenzie boss restarts via Zoom
Ex-managing partner Gary Senior accused of kissing junior lawyer in hotel room
Research: Over 70% of young barristers won’t survive six months in practice
Bar Council warns future of the bar looks 'bleak' in wake of pandemic
Shearman & Sterling lawyers offered six month sabbaticals for 30% pay
As Reed Smith introduces unpaid leave scheme
Lady Hale uses lockdown to write her memoirs
The former Supreme Court president has secured a two-book deal
SRA: Trainees can qualify before completing Professional Skills Course
But must finish all modules within one year of being admitted
University of Oxford’s Professor Rebecca Williams to deliver future of legal education keynote at LegalEdCon
Conference takes place virtually on 14 May
Largest law firm in the world asks staff to work four-day week in wake of pandemic
Dentons follows Norton Rose Fulbright in implementing voluntary flexible working arrangements
Sussex Uni law student leads call for tuition fee cuts as lectures move online
COVID-19: Petition received almost 300 student signatures
Biotech start-up calls on law firms to donate acetate sheets for PPE production
Plastic A4 covers converted into face masks for NHS workers
London lawyer in Frozen lockdown parody
Charlotte Fisher dons Disney character Elsa get-up to raise funds for NHS charities
Solicitor struck off after losing work briefcase launches appeal crowdfunder
Claire Louise Matthews now has a pro bono legal team after going unrepresented at disciplinary hearing
Clifford Chance defers partner profits and freezes salary reviews in wake of virus
Follows similar financial measures by magic circle counterparts
Irwin Mitchell delays trainee start dates by six months in response to pandemic
Exclusive: New starters will now join in February 2021
Justices appear ‘virtually’ during Supreme Court swearing-in ceremony
Lord Justice Leggatt joins top bench amid pandemic lockdown
Oxbridge YouTube sensation explains why he switched from psychology to law
Ibz Mo takes hit vlog to law school
SRA’s go-to law firm won’t be punished over handling of missing briefcase incident
Junior lawyer Claire Louise Matthews struck off earlier this month
Gateley furloughs trainee solicitors
Some rookies may also have qualification dates pushed back in response to pandemic