Category: News
It will be 2067 before half of QCs are women, BSB says
Disappointing new diversity stats reveal that gender equality at the bar 'remains an issue'
Number of male lawyers reaching out to advice helpline increases
Calls to LawCare on the up overall
Student makes headlines after revealing he’s suffered racist abuse at Bristol law school
Russell Group university has launched an investigation
Posh solicitors pocket almost £7,000 more than ‘working class’ colleagues
Profession dominated by those from "advantaged backgrounds", says government-backed report
Stint on the sex offenders register for City lawyer who racially and sexually assaulted woman at Christmas party
He also poured beer over his victim's head and called her an "Australian slut"
The best use of social media that we’ve seen this year
Which solicitors, barristers and students have been wowing their peers?
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