Category: News
Bar Council calls for BTPC cost reduction as it slams BSB’s training reform proposals
Representative and regulator clash over barristers' education
There are nearly 4,000 more solicitors on the roll now than there were just after the Brexit referendum
But the number of lawyers with practising certificates has actually gone down
Morning round-up: Thursday 26 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Brexit legal challenge barrister to launch pro bono project to keep government in check
"I feel uncomfortable with the direction our country is going in", says Jolyon Maugham QC
Robots could do admin work Cambridge double-first associates don’t want to do, Law Society report states
Will ‘automation’ be the buzzword of 2017?
Did the Daily Mail’s Supreme Court ‘Europhile ratings’ mirror how the judges ruled today?
No, of course they didn’t
Supreme Court rules Theresa May CANNOT trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval
Most important constitutional law case of a generation concludes with an unexpected split decision
Updated ‘Our History’ page on KWM’s website glosses over administration woes
It says the firm has "reduced its lawyer numbers in Europe"
Junior barrister Amal Clooney more influential in law than Supreme Court justices
Posh bible Debrett’s reveals its top 20 lawyers
Olympian and Bristol law grad appears on TV talent competition ‘The Voice’
Scooped up by will.i.am, but a career in law is "still an option" for Jazmin Sawyers
Barristers will have a better grasp of the law than solicitors under proposed changes to legal education, university academics warn
SRA super-exam takes another bashing
Bar Council backs Liz Truss on Brexit
It’s been a good week for the Ministry of Justice ?
Research: 57% of people admit they are ‘not very familiar’ with the Supreme Court
7% haven’t heard of it at all, but court still confident its outreach is improving
KWM partners under fire for leaving office like a ‘student flat’ with client files ‘littering’ office floor
The firm's administrator is remaining tightlipped over the accusations
ULaw strikes LPC training deal with Howard Kennedy
Single office City firm will continue to pay is trainees fees
Lord Pannick QC suggests criminals should be sentenced by computer
King of Brexit legal challenge gives law tech the thumbs up
17 City firms secure places on LGBT employer power list
Strong showing from the legal profession in 2017 Stonewall rankings
Mishcon de Reya to tap into legal-tech market with launch of new start-up ‘incubator’
The tech hype continues
Research: London-based NQ pay packets rocket by 23% to £65,000 average in just three years
Twenty-six thousand pounds more than their North West counterparts
Revealed: the law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire
Magic circle tag still carries kudos, but what about the rest?