Category: News

British 22-year-old lawtech entrepreneur raises £3.7 million from Facebook and Airbnb backers to help fund ‘robot lawyer’ app
Joshua Browder secures big financial boost

International human rights lawyer jailed for spitting at air crew found dead
Body of Simone Burns discovered at Beachy Head cliffs in East Sussex

BPTC grads more likely to get pupillage if they’re white
Ethnic minorities with same marks as white peers find it harder to get a place at chambers, figures show

Supreme Court chiefs celebrate 10th anniversary with official portrait launch
Team Supreme snaps unveiled by Hale

British barrister faces extradition to Turkey over ‘propaganda’ charges
Ozcan Keles accused of spreading propaganda online

City pay war latest: Herbert Smith Freehills ups NQ package to £105,000
New six-figure sum includes bonus

Average partner earnings at Clifford Chance remain steady at £1.6 million
Canary Wharf giant’s global revenues up 4% to £1.7 billion

Future Ashurst trainee solicitor has book published by Stormzy
Taking Up Space explores what it means to be a black girl studying at university

Vlogging star opens up about life on accelerated LPC
Eve Cornwell gets candid about intense, six-month course

Macfarlanes ups NQ solicitor salaries to £85,000 with bonuses taking potential earnings to over £110,000
City player also confirms 100% retention score

Linklaters becomes final magic circle firm to up NQ pay package to £100,000
City pay war continues

City University tort lecturer scoops ‘Law Teacher of the Year’ prize
Sabrina Germain sees off competition from academics at the universities of Manchester, Liverpool, Birkbeck and Warwick

Criminal barristers call off strike
Over 60% of CBA members vote to suspend action

Oxford Uni beats Cambridge and LSE in law grad earnings league table with average salary of £67,200
Stats focus on pay packets five years post-graduation

Leeds Beckett law graduate set to enter Love Island villa
Lavena Back completed a mini-pupillage at Doughty Street Chambers

Court thrown into chaos after defendant hurls poo at judge
'It’s protein! It’s good for you!'

Junior crime barristers accuse government of ‘divide and rule’ tactics over pay deal
Open letter urges criminal lawyers to remain united

Ex-UEA criminal law lecturer jailed for child sex attacks
Julian Myerscough arrested in Romania after absconding from court

DWF drafts in law student innovators to help solve client’s real-life problems
'Design sprint' placement sees trio of Manchester Uni undergrads spend time at outfit's R&D division