Category: News

Twitter users adding ‘QC’ to their name could be committing a crime, junior barrister warns
'I’m a barrista (sic) -- the QC stands for Quality Coffee'

The Glasgow Uni boffins trying their hands at designing law-themed board games
Family law lectures are out, family law board games are in

KCL partners with national law firm to launch student-staffed legal advice centre
Latest pro bono initiative to cover range of family law issues

Clyde & Co seeks paralegal with excellent attention to ‘detials’
Unfortunate typo

Ropes & Gray raises over £50,000 for cancer charity following death of London partner’s daughter
Kaiya suffered from a rare form of leukaemia

Slaughter and May distances itself from ‘Slaughtered and Dismayed’ corporate law meme account
Insta page, until recently, used a modified version of magic circle outfit’s logo

Ashurst becomes latest City firm to launch fintech accelerator programme
Follows similar moves by the likes of Addleshaw Goddard, Simmons & Simmons and Slaughter and May

City lawyer’s viral letter slams lack of women in Chambers lawyer rankings
100,000 views and counting for LinkedIn post by Mayer Brown partner Chris Arnold

Kim Kardashian gives BARBRI contract law lecturer Instagram shout-out
Thumbs up from first-year law student ??

York Uni Law School launches American-style Juris Doctor postgrad law degree
No, it doesn't qualify you to work in the States

UK lawtech investment rockets from £2.5 million to £62 million in just three years
Less than £1.5 million was invested in 2014, report shows

Brit lawyers could boost salary by over a third working in US
From £66,329 to £93,284

Big Four giant PwC boosts NQ solicitor salaries to £72,000
Trainees receive fresh rises too

Parliament prorogation case racked up 30 million views, Supreme Court confirms
Most viewed case of all time

Kirkland & Ellis’ Gherkin home named London’s most Instagrammable skyscraper
Host of law firm buildings feature in top ten list

Eversheds Sutherland partner found dead within hours of being suspended from work
Geraint Thomas had been accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour

The 2020 Chambers Most List goes live
Barrister-to-be careers resource contains key facts and figures for over 50 sets

Future trainee solicitors under investigation over WhatsApp group about female classmates
Law Society of Ireland condemns 'inappropriate comments'

New entrant SQE provider and on-demand lawyer platform to set out visions for future of legal training
BARBRI’s Sarah Hutchinson and F-LEX’s Emma McDowell to join SQE creators and other big names at LegalEdCon North