Category: News
Kirkland & Ellis London NQ dollar-pegged pay packets swell to over £140,000 as pound hits 31 year low
Brexit fears cause pound to tank
Lawyers at Howard Kennedy have computers BLOCKED if they fail to rack up seven hours of work a day
Tactic is designed to “shame” fee-earners
New Master of the Rolls sworn in as predecessor announces he’s going back to chambers
Will Sir Terence Etherton be as controversial as Lord Denning?
SRA moves a step closer to killing off LPC and GDL as super-exam proposals gather pace
But solicitors' regulator performs U-turn on degree requirement
Shami Chakrabarti accused of hypocrisy for sending son to £18,000-a-year private school
Woman tipped to become next shadow attorney general appears to fly in face of Labour’s stance on selective education
Lawyer who ‘cracked under the strain’ of working for the CPS sentenced to six years in prison for trying to kill his wife
His increased workload led him to desperation
Crowdfunded legal challenge bid to government’s G4S contract halted in its tracks by High Court
Law centres "disappointed" by result
Aspiring lawyer who assaulted man while out celebrating his offer from University of Gloucestershire spared jail so he can start law degree
But mystery surrounds Sherman Wright’s future as university “reviews” his place
Lawyers anticipate ‘public discussion’ on government’s defence to Article 50 challenge
Government's legal arguments have been disclosed following high court decision
Littleton boosts pupillage award by 23% as plethora of chambers up pay
London sets fall over themselves to throw extra cash at wannabe barristers
Triple merger: CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang to create global megafirm
Subject to a partner vote
More solicitor apprenticeships unveiled: this time it’s Dentons
The largest law firm in the world has leapt aboard the Trailblazer bandwagon
Photos of sweaty lawyers collapsed on the floor sweep social media as Tour de Law draws to a close
One firm even tried to start a #lawyersinlycra hashtag
Slaughter and May completes magic circle retention season revealing 89% result
Four NQs seek pastures new
Shami Chakrabarti hotly tipped to become next shadow attorney general
Doughty Street's Keir Starmer also expected to join Corbyn's cabinet
‘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