Category: News
London student moves into Mark Zuckerberg’s old house to develop tech that will ‘take down’ the legal profession
The 20-year-old wants to automate lawyers out of existence
Gordon Dadds raises £20 million as shares hit London Stock Exchange
Full-service outfit does a Gateley
Simmons & Simmons, Holman Fenwick Willan and Ince & Co boost junior lawyer salaries
Trainees also handed modest rises
Half of Weil Gotshal’s qualifying trainees quit despite receiving NQ job offers
Firm says it's because roles couldn’t be found in desired practice areas, as rumours swirl about low morale
Why do barrister gowns look so weird from the back?
Some think it's so money can be dropped inside
Lord Neuberger reveals his biggest regrets
Exclusive: Supreme Court president admits there are cases he wonders if he got right
DLA Piper bumps London NQ pay by 7% to £75,000
Global outfit's trainees will also receive extra cash
Edinburgh law student goes viral after posting creepy messages from landlord
Warning: contains foot fetishes and chastity belts
Retention latest: Osborne Clarke posts 82% as Bird & Bird reveals 83% result
The strong autumn scores continue
Complaints about barristers’ social media behaviour on the rise
But many are dismissed as free speech
Late night and early morning courts are ‘not a disguised attempt’ to force lawyers to work more, insists top judge
Lord Fulford moves to soothe profession after outcry over 8am-8pm justice
Stephenson Harwood boosts trainee lawyer pay as it becomes latest firm to allow working from home
An extra £1,000 chucked NQs’ way too
Ex-Fieldfisher IT worker banned from profession after sexually assaulting paralegal at Christmas party
City computer whizz was handed 12-month prison term last year
#TheAccused: Sympathy runs dry for defendant at centre of new crime documentary
‘Sob stories worse than the X Factor’
Who will replace Lady Hale as deputy Supreme Court president?
Place your bets
Keele University’s law society in training contract gavel clanger
Hysteria sets in on application deadline day?
Reed Smith keeps 12 out of 14 qualifying trainees, including King & Wood Mallesons’ survivor
Firm also reveals its training contract applications have almost doubled