Category: News

Criminal lawyers in uproar over court IT chaos
Continuing digital outage plays havoc with justice system

Calls concerning bullying and harassment up 80%, says lawyer helpline
Majority of callers to LawCare women

US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lands cameo in Lego Movie 2
As morning talk show apologises for airing graphic suggesting she'd died

Linklaters releases ethnicity pay gap data
Follows Allen & Overy in publishing voluntary figures

New legislation on domestic abuse heralds family law shake-up
Ban on abusers grilling victims in court among changes

Glasgow Uni law student becomes unlikely hero after netting late winner in Scottish Cup
It's 'just beginning to sink in', says Auchinleck Talbot defender Craig McCracken

City law firms dominate LGBT top 100 employer list
Pinsent Masons came out on top

Retrial ordered in ‘Lord Harley’ fraud case following dramatic courtroom collapse
Former solicitor-advocate remains in hospital

Hero barrister recalls moment he pulled Prince Philip from 4×4 wreckage after T-junction smash
'I looked down and had the Prince’s blood on my hands’

Law second most popular degree choice after psychology, data reveals
As lecturers call for UCAS deadline application overhaul

Junior lawyers ‘endangered species’ due to automation, law prof claims
Rookies carrying out repetitive work face being 'gradually culled from firms'

Top QC teams up with rookie barrister to launch ‘how-to-get-pupillage’ blog
Refreshingly honest guide goes live

US law firm Crowell & Moring reveals London training contract ambitions
Hopes to take on first UK trainees from September 2021

Cherie Booth QC: Lord Denning once told me ‘the bar really isn’t the place for women’
The comment came during her call ceremony

London law firm partner fined £45,000 in case with link to Panama Papers leak
Child & Child lawyer breached anti-money laundering rules, according to disciplinary finding

Magic circle law firm launches cannabis newsletter
Allen & Overy eyes up legal weed deals

YouTube superstar documents life on the LPC in latest law vlog
Future magic circle lawyer now has over 100k subscribers

Law student’s impromptu airport dance video racks up 8.7 million views
Her cat also makes an appearance