Category: News
Allen & Overy launches ‘lawtech training contract’
STEM students preferred
Carry on dining: Inns of Court qualifying sessions here to stay, says bar regulator
But more should be held outside London
Junior solicitor ditches law to become a clown
But confesses comical career change isn’t ‘financially stable’
Aspiring barrister, 16, who won a coffee with Lady Hale shares dream of being the next Lord Pannick
He also had lunch with Lord Hodge as part of his student essay competition victory
Solicitor who describes himself as ‘probably the best drink drive lawyer’ in the country slammed for trying to reach out to Ant McPartlin on LinkedIn
Altaf Hussain called a 'scumbag' and 'unprofessional', but defends post
Freshfields’ gender pay gap smallest of the magic circle so far
Four out of five have now released their stats
York law student shares commercial awareness wisdom in daily quick-fire YouTube videos
Tells Legal Cheek short clips help busy students digest news without trawling pages of the FT
Lady Hale ‘confident’ Supreme Court will go to Wales next year, but ‘logistical issues’ make trip up North less likely
Top judge also shares her difficulty making sense of EU court judgments
Baker McKenzie and Simmons & Simmons reveal 80% plus retention scores
Spring season gathers pace
Latham & Watkins managing partner RESIGNS after admitting ‘exchange of communications of a sexual nature’
Legal profession rocked by new misconduct scandal
Number of ‘super law schools’ taking over 500 law students a year more than doubles
Exclusive: Huge increase in law student numbers, though some unis experience major falls
Ex-Clifford Chance trainee who failed in bid to sue Oxford University over ‘inadequate’ teaching faces £75,000 legal bill
Permission to appeal original decision also refused
Exeter law students embroiled in racism scandal suspended over vile WhatsApp messages
University and police investigating -- as one student has training contract offer revoked
Law Society recommends 3% boost to minimum trainee salary
£21,561 in London and £19,122 elsewhere -- but figures only guidance and not enforceable
Morning round-up: Tuesday 20 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories
Linklaters completes magic circle retention season with 84% result
Global giant keep 43 out of 51 spring NQs
Supreme Court’s innovation judge to join solicitors and law academics at expanded Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Lord Briggs, PJ Kirby QC, and BSB chief Dr Vanessa Davies among latest batch of speakers
Gender pay gap stats are in for Ashurst, BLP, Charles Russell Speechlys, Stephenson Harwood and Walker Morris
Differences of one quarter to a third commonplace, though bonus gaps far higher
Hold off on super-exam decision for six more months, MPs urge
Another day, another delay?
