Category: News

Big Four giant EY buys NewLaw firm Riverview and pledges to ‘disrupt’ legal market
Watch out, traditional law firms

Hogan Lovells keeps 27 out of 28 qualifying trainees in London
One of the retained rookies is on a fixed term contract

New courtroom comedy where judge pokes fun at litigants to hit TV screens this week
It's basically Judge Rinder with fewer legal qualifications

Kirkland & Ellis retains all 10 qualifying trainees
US titan's London newbies will start on dollar-pegged salaries of £146,000

Brunel Law School ditches GDL ahead of SQE roll-out
As it launches new 'fast-track' LLB

Corporate lawyer tells Mumsnet users to ask her anything — immediately regrets it
"Can I sue my neighbour because I don't like the look of her garden?'

Taylor Wessing boosts London NQ lawyer pay to £71,000
A rise of 13%

KWM takes up flash new office space in ‘Walkie-Talkie’ — 18 months after UK arm’s catastrophic collapse
Sixty trainees lost their jobs

Clifford Chance ups training contract numbers from 80 to 95 in first magic circle increase since 2008 financial crisis
Exclusive: TCs soar by nearly 20% ?

SRA picks Kaplan to deliver new solicitor super-exam
Eight-year deal

Partners from US giant O’Melveny & Myers jet into London to hold mega-merger talks with Allen & Overy
Discussions reach 'due diligence stage', report claims

Clifford Chance launches lawtech training contract that leads to qualification as a solicitor
New scheme will run alongside firm’s conventional training contract

‘I’ve made my year’s earnings in a month’, says Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams
She's understood to have deals with a betting company and a number of top beauty brands

Taylor Wessing keeps 21 out of 23 autumn qualifying trainees
One associate-to-be is on a fixed term contract

Criminal solicitor struck off for submitting false invoices to law firms to help fund cocaine habit
He issued 40 fake invoices of £100 each

Junior lawyer MP ‘robustly’ denies lying about speeding
Commercial property law specialist charged with two counts of perverting the course of justice

ULaw’s plans to move Chester campus on hold
Housing project at law school site rejected by planners

Research: Law firms are failing to support qualifying trainees who aren’t kept on
Three quarters of rookie lawyers admit to having no back up plan