Category: News

STEM Future Lawyers and BPP launch 2020 GDL scholarship
Applications now open for science students interested in law

Reprimand for barrister and former UKIP activist who failed to turn up at court
Richard Hendron put an 'ill-prepared second-six pupil' in his place

BPP confirms new bar course will be over £5,000 cheaper than current BPTC
£13,870 in London and £12,620 elsewhere

Barrister banned over indecent images conviction
Leicester Uni law grad jailed for 12 months

Legal Services Board: super-exam isn’t a done deal
Super-regulator flags concerns over quality and cost

Manchester Law Society named as official partner of LegalEdCon North
CEO Fran Eccles-Bech highlights opportunity to boost innovation and widen access in legal education ahead of 30 January event

Law students to be taught meditation to prepare for workplace stress
New initiatives will also include online 'mindfulness' module

Hale takes subtle swipe at Sumption over suggestion it will take 50 years to achieve gender equality across judiciary
Outspoken ex-Supreme Court judge made controversial comments in 2015

Bristol Uni law students offer free legal support to ex-service veterans
Advice on issues including housing, employment and social welfare

Super-exam could damage ‘credibility’ of solicitor qualification, junior lawyers warn
JLD urges super-regulator to think carefully before giving new exam final sign-off

Sheffield University law society defends Christmas ball venue — after vegan students complain it overlooks dog track
Animal-loving LLBers aren't happy

London law firm senior partner fined for failing to ID driver of speeding company car
£900 and six penalty points

Cleary Gottlieb ups London junior lawyer pay by 11% to £133,000
US outfit's rookies handed extra cash too

Linklaters’ top brass see earnings jump by 17% as profit pot hits £25 million
Published accounts reveal eyewatering earnings

Top CPS lawyer scoops ULaw honorary doctorate
Eran Cutliffe appeared in BBC legal documentary The Prosecutors

This is how the trial of Guy Fawkes went down 400 years ago
'Remember remember the 5th of November, gunpowder treason and plot'

Awkward typo spotted in ‘Thiry-Third Edition’ of contract law bible
Yours for just £565

Olympic bomb hoax barrister banned from legal profession
Michael Shrimpton, who was disbarred in 2018, subject to further regulatory action -- this time by the SRA

Tickets go on sale for The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference London 2020
At Kings Place, Kings Cross, London, on Thursday 14 May 2020