Category: News
‘Beyond farcical’: Lawyers in shock as top Matrix Chambers barrister suspended from child sex abuse inquiry
Apparently Ben Emmerson QC only found out when he read about it on the internet
Revealed: 78% of Legal Cheek readers think law degrees are better than GDLs
An overwhelming win for LLBers as number of students enrolling nears 24,000 a year
ULaw teams up with top European business school to create new ‘commercial awareness’ course for wannabe lawyers
LPC course receives optional business-focused bolt-on
Revealed: Nearly 60% of rookie barristers did their undergraduate degree at Oxbridge
The 2016-17 Chambers Most List – released today – makes for sobering reading for wannabe lawyers at lesser unis
Barrister handed £500 fine for turning up to court ‘under the influence’ of alcohol
He also left his client unrepresented
Law student-led Oxford University a cappella group releases latest charity single
Aspiring lawyer turned musical sensation Deon Fang is back
Poor Kirkland & Ellis associate ripped to shreds by judge who wanted to speak to a partner instead
“I think it’s outrageous, irresponsible and insulting”
Freshfields joins Clifford Chance and DLA Piper in embracing artificial intelligence software ‘Kira’
AI bandwagon gathers pace
Burges Salmon teams up with BPP to launch earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships
Bristol-headquartered outfit has taken on five new school-leavers
LSE law degree named second highest-earning uni course in the country with average grad pocketing almost £70,000
This and more from brand new university league tables
Brangelina: Hollywood power couple enlist the help of top London media firms as divorce proceedings gather pace
Pitt punts for Schillings as Harbottle & Lewis acts for Jolie
Judge Rinder’s Strictly debut dance set to become most popular online clip in show’s history
And it features a gavel
Bond Dickinson cites Brexit as it ‘defers’ solicitor pay increases
Having frozen pay last month Trowers & Hamlins confirms salary reviews will now go ahead "this year"
Rhodes Must Fall founder and aspiring lawyer accused of ‘assaulting’ white student in law lecture
Ntokozo Qwabe denies claim, and comments on law students’ “delusional toxic superiority complex”
U wot m8? BSB reminds newbie barristers to use correct ‘grammar, spelling and punctuation’
Regulator's revised professional statement released yesterday
Baker & McKenzie retains 14 out of 16 newly qualifying solicitors
US-founded giant chalks up 88% autumn rate
SDT publishes Lord Harley re-hearing decision in full
Medical evidence was “insufficiently detailed and unconvincing”
Gowling WLG lifts post-Brexit vote pay freeze
International law firm suspended its annual pay review earlier this summer
Osborne Clarke, Gowling WLG and Mills & Reeve release autumn retention figures
Trio of firms post contrasting results
Research: Female solicitors are earning 20% less than their male colleagues
Latest Law Society stats suggest gender pay gap is still a problem within the profession