Category: News
Kirkland & Ellis boosts LPC grant to £10,000
Matching moves by the magic circle, Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells
DLA Piper to launch in Dublin as firm predicts influx of financial services work post-Brexit
Not the first outfit to rock up in Ireland since the referendum
Herbert Smith Freehills follows Linklaters in asking lawyers to disclose office romances
Staff asked to use ‘common sense’
Durham Law School teams up with BARBRI to offer New York and California bar course
Exclusive: New students to start in September
Anglia Ruskin law student handed suspended sentence after threatening fellow undergrad with kitchen knife in row over cooking pot
Pair separated by a student accommodation caretaker after fight broke out
Lawyer sues Oxford University over claims its dictionary mixed up land law definitions
Wants £20,500 in damages
In the Supreme Court today: Is denying straight couples a civil partnership unlawful?
Lady Hale to hear boyfriend and girlfriend's human rights challenge
‘How are you, really?’ City firms and chambers on board as leading wellbeing charity gears up for mental health week
Lawyers met last night to discuss pressures facing students and juniors
Women dominate BPTC enrolments, but more men score top marks
Even when they have the same undergraduate degree results
Tort lawyers won’t be required in 30 years, suggests top judge
Could Donoghue v Stevenson be ditched from law school syllabuses?
Lord Chancellor wants more top City lawyers to become judges
But they'll likely need to take a pay cut
Ministry of Justice accused of lying over ‘explosive’ criminal courts report
As MPs vote against reversing legal aid changes
Ex-Cleary Gottlieb secretary amasses secret £6.6 million fortune after observing investments made by mega-rich lawyers
Her closest friends and family had no idea
Top tax QC sparks Twitter spat with criminal barristers, academics and more after writing controversial article about rape trials
Jo Maugham QC holds his ground despite social media flak for use of stats, 'non-expert' opinion and apparent decision to 'block' barrister
Legal aid row: ‘Go back to the drawing board’, Labour tells government ahead of today’s Commons debate
Over 100 chambers now refusing to take on new legal aid cases
Boxer Tony Bellew calls law firm partner ‘Will from The Inbetweeners’ in awkward pre-fight press conference
Then actor who played TV show's Jay turned up and handed him glasses and a briefcase
Pinsent Masons, Eversheds Sutherland, DLA Piper and CMS trump magic circle rivals in 2018 brand power list
Based on opinions of almost 500 legal counsel
Linklaters asks lawyers to disclose romantic relationships — if there might be a conflict of interest
As magic circle titan launches harassment helpline
100 chambers now refusing new work in legal aid cuts protest
Executive Committee met this week and considered recommending escalation of the action
New comedy about pupil barristers fighting over tenancy to hit BBC screens
Actors from Black Mirror, The IT Crowd and Game of Thrones star