Category: News

Barclays and Law Society launch new lawtech hub — with support from top firms and unis
Set to open in Notting Hill soon

New drama set in London divorce firm hits TV screens tomorrow
Could The Split be the new Silk?

BSB asks chambers to provide details on how they pick their pupils
Regulator keen to identify potential 'unjustified' barriers to the bar

Dentons investigated by SRA over faked notes scandal
Largest law firm in the world in firing line after slam by tribunal in staff discrimination case

University says ‘no update’ on investigation into racism at Exeter Law School, one month after vile messages were made public
Five law students suspended after their WhatsApp conversations posted online

Final batch of Future of Legal Education and Training Conference tickets goes on sale as ‘Two for £400’ offer deadline looms
TED-style talks, vibrant interactive discussions and informal fireside chats await delegates from over 60 leading corporate law firms and chambers, nearly 30 university law schools, alongside in-house teams, regulators and legal tech companies

‘I returned to my desk and broke down in tears’: Magic circle junior lawyer opens up about battle with depression and anxiety
Three-part blog is frank account of City solicitor's journey

Online scammers impersonate City solicitor as part of ‘air crash’ payout scam
Norton Rose Fulbright stresses the emails are bogus

‘Ministry of Injustice’: Lawyers hold candlelight vigil over legal aid cuts
Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since 1 April

Queen Mary University student stabbed to death in East London wanted to become lawyer
Sami Sidhom was just 18-years-old

Private school slammed over bus ad showing boys as aspiring lawyers but girls becoming vocalists
£34,000-a-year school says aspirations are 'personal' to the students

One to watch: Pupil barrister racks up hundreds of followers just days after launching anonymous Twitter account
Secret lawyer community grows

CMS reveals 75% spring trainee retention score
As first anniversary of triple merger fast approaches

Criminal defence solicitors face extinction, warns Law Society
Lack of young lawyers entering the field has left justice system facing a 'cliff edge scenario'

We’re more lenient after lunch, says top judge
Ernest Ryder points to research showing that well-fed judges are more likely to let people off

Criminal bar remains resolute as over 90 chambers back direct action over legal aid cuts
Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since April 1

Syria strikes: Oxford Uni prof rubbishes government’s legal argument
Military action was not in accordance with international law, says Dapo Akande

Legal watchdog moves to quell MPs’ super-exam fears after dismissing calls to delay approval
SQE received provisional go-ahead last month

Captain Picard sets course for another Brexit referendum
Actor and meme sensation Patrick Stewart says that the characters he played would be Remainers

Incredible BPTC handbook advises students to wear ‘double breasted’ jackets in their advocacy exam — and says they’ll be marked down for wearing ‘kinky boots’
Points also deducted for drinking from water bottles

Porsche driver who killed top criminal barrister as he left Law Rocks gig jailed for one year
David Batcup was a tenant at Charter Chambers