Category: News
Simmons & Simmons ditches MBA for future trainees
Bespoke legal masters introduced in 2009 to be replaced by new "Trainee Skills Academy"
BSB mulls new ‘super bar exam’ that could allow non-graduates to become barristers
Bar regulator to host debate next month discussing three new proposed routes to qualification
Average senior in-house lawyer now takes home over £165,000
5% pay-packet increase for City law firm shunners
Judge fired for watching porn in chambers LOSES unfair dismissal claim
Warren Grant had argued his behaviour stemmed from a mental illness he was suffering due to marriage problems
Visually-impaired Essex Uni law student stunned after taxi driver demanded guide dog travel in the boot
Aspiring lawyer is now a backing a charity-led campaign to bolster discrimination laws
Chelsy Davy speaks for the first time about quitting Allen & Overy
The lure of starting her own business was too strong
Allen & Overy ups London-based US NQ lawyer pay packets to £124,000
MoneyLaw reaches the City's magic circle
Would Brexit even be legal?
Top lawyers round on Gove and co’s “illegal” vote leave strategy
Lord Neuberger’s ‘plea’ for a university law syllabus shake up
“Greater prominence for ethics” proposals get the thumbs up from professors
Magic circle lawyers register in Ireland ahead of EU referendum
With the EU referendum less than a week away, City outfits quietly ready themselves for possible exit
Aspiring barristers anger as Pupillage Gateway glitch means applications are missing GDL and BPTC grades
Exclusive: Gateway's copy-and-paste feature reproduces everything BUT vital grades on pupillage applications
Court of Appeal brands Judge Peter Smith’s incredible Blackstone Chambers letter ‘disgraceful’
CoA orders retrial in Harb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, but clears controversial judge of bias
The Met rejects calls to investigate ‘Waterloo sex QC’ — for now
As Graeme Stening accepts a caution for outraging public decency, talk turns to his anonymous female companion and whether she should be investigated for perverting the course of justice
US outfit Cadwalader ups London NQ pay to coveted £124,000 level
New York stalwart is the latest firm to jump aboard the "MoneyLaw" bandwagon
5 Essex Court invites wannabe barristers to pupillage interview by ‘mistake’
Exclusive: Technical glitch leaves bar hopefuls "gutted"
Law grad who struggled with knife attackers to protect her dissertation speaks out about her ordeal for the first time
And she’s been honoured for her bravery
Sexist email DLA Piper partner fined £15,000
Nick West hit headlines back in 2014 after a number of derogatory emails between him and Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore were leaked
Dispute on 99 bus between woman with pushchair and wheelchair user ends up in the country’s highest court
Should the bus driver have kicked the woman off the bus?
ULaw students petition government to fund aspiring lawyers’ LPCs
Second years push for university loan shake up
Norfolk and Cambridge County Councils ditch law firm Baker Small in wake of ill-judged social media posts
"Great win" turns into significant financial loss
Thief found guilty of stealing his OWN defence barrister’s phone
Do not bite the hand that... is trying to keep you out of prison