Category: News

Durham Uni teams up with ex-Slaughter and May partner to launch first LLB ‘pensions law’ module
Former magic circle lawyer Philip Bennett appointed visiting professor

‘Not on your life!’ Lord Sumption rules out move into politics
Ex-Supreme Court justice's comments came during final BBC Reith Lecture

The best social media snaps from the London Legal Walk
15,000 walkers go the distance for charity

Average UK law firm partner pay breaks £200,000
Legal sector continuing to grow despite Brexit, according to research

Pinsent Masons bumps London NQ pay to £72,500
Rises in regions and Scotland too

Tory leadership debate: Legal Twitterati slams ex-magic circle lawyer Dominic Raab
The criticism came thick and fast

Student turned porn star quit LLB after being bombarded with online abuse
Ella Hughes has since completed her law degree at the Open University

Magic circle and US law firms ‘must change the way they work’ or face ‘doom’, warns the FT
Will £100k+ for newly qualified solicitors prove a high water mark?

Herbert Smith Freehills partner reported to SRA over ‘aggressive and intimidating behaviour’
Allegedly told sexual harassment claimant's lawyers she’d be ‘toast’
Henry Hendron returns to practice three years after drug conviction
Barrister was suspended in 2016 after admitting possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply following boyfriend's death

Linklaters launches new ‘virtual reality’ legal internship
The digital internship is designed to improve social mobility

Judge Rinder to give his take on worldly affairs in new TV series
The Rob Rinder Show will air on Channel 4 later this year

Mayer Brown posts 82% trainee solicitor retention rate
Nine out of 11 rookies secure full time positions

Criminal barristers negotiate improved pay deal — days after voting for national walkout
CBA says it will be recommending its members accept 'interim measures'

Lady Hale on Trump, Beyoncé comparisons and whether the Lord Chancellor must be a lawyer
BBC 5 Live interview fails to break Supreme Court president's ever-judicious stance

Penningtons Manches and Thomas Cooper confirm tie-up
UK player to merge with shipping specialist to create new £90 million outfit

Teesside Uni law student who assaulted officer didn’t understand police powers
Handed conditional discharge

Vegans should be legally exempt from workplace tea rounds, argues London lawyer
They shouldn't be asked to handle cows' milk

New City law firm recruitment portal targets grads with good grades against the odds
Diversity hiring specialist Rare wants to help outfits unearth 'historically hidden talent' and boost social mobility

White & Case boosts London trainee solicitor pay by 6%
£48,000 in year one, rising to £53,000 in year two