Category: News

Average junior lawyer pay at Bird & Bird and Taylor Wessing HIGHER for women than men
As Pinsent Masons also releases gender pay stats

Linklaters becomes first magic circle firm to reveal gender pay gap stats
Structure of workforce behind 39% figure

‘Zombie’ corporate lawyer avoids being struck off for dishonesty after being left ‘physically and emotionally drained’ by workload
He sent misleading emails to buy himself time

BPP student who fell victim to theft reunited with highlighted and tabbed company law textbook after public plea
Her laptop is still missing, though

Embrace your inner Branson and Zuckerberg, barristers told
Middle Temple wants members to come across less pompous

RPC launches new training contracts with 2018 start date
No two-year wait for firm's Bristol trainees

Baker McKenzie partner at centre of sexual assault scandal will be leaving the firm
As firm admits 'we should have handled it better'

BPP launches legal tech module for LPC students
Law school giant in digital skills push

Lawyers share their biggest humiliations, from dozing in court to falling off chairs in interviews
It's all to show failure is normal

Old Square Chambers ups pupil pay by a quarter in London and Bristol
Exclusive: Rookies will now earn £50,000

Baker McKenzie reaches ‘confidential settlement’ with female associate who was allegedly sexually assaulted by partner
Incident occurred several years ago

Slaughter and May’s 2018 spring retention rate is 95%
Firm 'very pleased' as 35 rookies qualify into magic circle outfit

Future trainee shuns law’s Hunger Games vibe with helpful blog on how to get a training contract
Even includes an application cliché bingo

You’ll do better in morning exams than afternoon ones, new book reveals
Judges are more lenient then too

The Weinstein effect: ‘My once boring practice as an employment barrister has suddenly become glamorous’
#MeToo movement has diluted sexual harassment stigma but 11KBW tenant says bringing legal claims remains tricky

16 City firms make it to LGBT top 100 employer list
Legal profession most represented sector

Role reversal: Linklaters launches scheme which sees junior lawyers mentor senior partners
Diversity and inclusion push

Lady Hale celebrates first birthday since taking Supreme Court’s helm
She will spend it in court

Number of lawyers calling mental health helpline at record high
One half are trainees and junior lawyers

Tributes pour in for blogging and tweeting ex-Court of Appeal judge, who has sadly died
Henry Brooke worked with Lord Denning and sat on the famous conjoined twins case

KFC partners with Eversheds Sutherland to offer first-ever training contract
Fast-food chain joins likes of The Body Shop and Tesco