Category: News

Burges Salmon boosts Bristol NQ solicitor salaries to £72,000
Rises in Edinburgh and trainees too

SRA still unable to confirm timeline for revealing SQE provider pass rates
Crucial comparison data was due by the end of 2023

Top UK law firms hike hourly rates by 40% in five years
Inflation busting

Law firms lead the way in latest social mobility index
Charity behind powerlist urges government to mandate class background reporting for big firms

The 3 I’s: Law Society unveils new AI strategy
'Innovation, impact and integrity'

Former London US law firm lawyer guilty of stalking neighbours
Convicted alongside mother

CMS bumps London NQ lawyer pay to £110k
Rises in regions too

New Attorney General pledges to put the rule of law first
Commitment comes amid populist attacks both home and abroad

Judge receives formal advice for ‘ill-judged’ humour
Left court staff member "uncomfortable"

Unregistered barrister disbarred over misleading legal experience on job application
Tried to secure role with Arden Uni

Liverpool Uni partners with six law firms to launch LLB with built-in qualifying work experience
Paid year-long placements at outfits including DWF, Hill Dickinson, and Taylor Wessing

Top judge to step down from presidency role after reprimand over love letter to colleague
Justice Marcus Smith reprimanded in August

Competition: Win an SQE scholarship by explaining the must-have skill for lawyers
Half-price SQE1 course courtesy of BARBRI

Davis Polk sets new £70k salary record for trainee solicitors in London
Market topping year two pay 💷

Reed Smith goes all in with College of Legal Practice for the SQE
Barbri loses out as firm relaunches training programme

Linklaters teams up with KCL to deliver AI training for lawyers
Classroom lessons, practical exercises and hackathon

Osborne Clarke retains 38 out of 44 qualifying trainees
86% score includes firm's first solicitor apprentices