Category: News

Crowdfunding success: LSE students awarded compensation over mouldy halls of residence
Outed 'severe rodent infestations' and 'noisy construction works'

Baker McKenzie and Reed Smith boost junior lawyer pay to £75,000
Rises for some trainees too

Fall of the robots? 86% of Brits prefer legal advice from humans
Though a quarter wouldn’t mind robotised MPs

Reed Smith to launch Leeds support hub
No plans at present to offer training contracts

Expect ‘chaos’ to follow criminal barristers’ legal aid protest
Cases adjourned and judges sitting in empty courts -- but if barristers don't walk out 'the justice system will never recover'

Cocaine dealer’s Lidl checkout-working law student lover jailed after flaunting ‘Kim Kardashian’ lifestyle on Instagram
Handed 15-month prison term for acquiring criminal property

Now open for entries: The Privacy Law Blogging Prize
Social media is rife with privacy law issues, particularly in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Tell us about them for the chance to win a free return flight to New York City

Squire Patton Boggs and Trump’s personal lawyer part ways after FBI office raid
The President has described the search as an 'attack on our country'

Wannabe barrister who overcame anorexia to study law at Oxford now crowdfunding her Cambridge masters degree
She hopes to raise £10,000 after spending childhood in care

PwC, Neota Logic and Institute of Student Employers among latest speakers at the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Today's speaker announcement coincides with 'two for £400' Conference offer -- open for limited time only

Aspiring barrister petitions for ‘draconian’ BPTC exams to be open-book
Online appeal also argues assessments shouldn't be so close together

Student pro bono: New projects on autism, family courts and miscarriages of justice up for awards
Birmingham University storms shortlists with nominations in most categories
Allen & Overy in merger talks with US giant O’Melveny & Myers to create transatlantic magic circle megafirm
Deal would be a legal market game-changer -- if it happens

Hogan Lovells bumps LPC grant by 43% to £10,000
Matching moves by the magic circle and Herbert Smith Freehills

Dentons targets spacetech sector with new innovation hub
To boldly go where no law firm has gone before?

Lady Hale was on MasterChef last night
Supreme Court president sampled fish dishes alongside space scientists and women's rights campaigners

Clifford Chance launches ‘Tech Academy’ to help lawyers get to grips with coding
AI, blockchain and cybersecurity lessons also on the menu

Herbert Smith Freehills becomes latest firm to boost LPC grant to £10,000
Global law firm matches five-figure sum awarded by magic circle outfits

Junior criminal barrister, 32, now youngest Crown Court judge in recent history
Rise of the baby-faced bench, as 34-year-old appointed as a district judge

Allen & Overy launches South London flexible working hub
Vauxhall satellite office will ‘significantly’ cut commuting time