Category: News

Bollywood megastar bags ULaw honorary doctorate
Shah Rukh Khan recognised for human rights work, alongside top QC and diversity champion

Shoosmiths launches London training contract as it ups rookie intake by over a third
Trainee numbers jump from 22 to 30

Junior lawyer MP Fiona Onasanya to face disciplinary tribunal
Lied to police in bid to avoid a speeding charge

Durham Law School teams up with Abertay Uni to host Game of Thrones conference
Day-long session will examine law, power and justice

Why one barrister quit her job to become a successful restaurateur
Nisha Katona had been practising for 20 years

Ched Evans settles with lawyers Brabners over handling of rape case
Sports law specialist reportedly forks out almost £800,000

Kim Kardashian is studying to become a lawyer
Reality superstar completing legal apprenticeship, with plans to sit bar exam in 2022

City lawyer whose ‘sexist’ LinkedIn message sparked media frenzy switches firms
Alexander Carter-Silk made headlines in 2015 after praising Charlotte Proudman's 'stunning' profile photo

Tech isn’t meeting our needs, say nearly half of lawyers
Over a third considering career change as a result

Willkie Farr & Gallagher ditches partner embroiled in college admissions scandal
Decision comes after Gordon Caplan announced he'd plead guilty to fraud

LexisNexis director of solutions, Norton Rose Fulbright innovation manager and Manchester Uni academic latest speakers at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Sector thought leaders to discuss cross-disciplinary skills at 22 May event

Doughty Street’s Amal Clooney lands UK foreign office role
Human rights barrister appointed media freedom envoy

Child porn barrister who claimed Nazis planned to blow up the Queen fails to overturn disbarment
No return to the bar for Michael Shrimpton

Ince Gordon Dadds adviser Peter Hain cleared over naming Philip Green in House of Lords
But Labour peer's actions 'not compatible with the rule of law', says Lord Chief Justice

Queen’s Bench Division to be led by woman for first time
Lady Justice Sharp to succeed Sir Brian Leveson -- as predicted by Joshua Rozenberg for Legal Cheek

Law second most pressure-filled profession
Ahead of healthcare, education and finance, research suggests

Allen & Overy appoints innovation hub chief to partner
Fuse’s Shruti Ajitsaria among 14 City lawyers to get nod

Jones Day faces £150 million sex discrimination claim over ‘fraternity culture’
Six female former associates launch group action

One in 15 junior solicitors is suicidal, research finds
Sharp rise in rookies experiencing mental ill-health

BPP students to be taught digital skills through new lawtech partnership
Training on HighQ platform to be part of syllabus