Category: News

Simmons & Simmons ditches MBA for future trainees

Bespoke legal masters introduced in 2009 to be replaced by new "Trainee Skills Academy"

Jun 22 2016 11:31am

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

Jun 21 2016 2:15pm

Average senior in-house lawyer now takes home over £165,000

5% pay-packet increase for City law firm shunners

Jun 21 2016 1:25pm

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

Jun 21 2016 11:13am

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

Jun 21 2016 8:57am

Chelsy Davy speaks for the first time about quitting Allen & Overy

The lure of starting her own business was too strong

Jun 20 2016 2:19pm

Allen & Overy ups London-based US NQ lawyer pay packets to £124,000

MoneyLaw reaches the City's magic circle

Jun 20 2016 12:33pm

Would Brexit even be legal?

Top lawyers round on Gove and co’s “illegal” vote leave strategy

Jun 20 2016 10:22am

Lord Neuberger’s ‘plea’ for a university law syllabus shake up

“Greater prominence for ethics” proposals get the thumbs up from professors

Jun 17 2016 2:01pm

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

Jun 17 2016 11:53am

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

Jun 17 2016 9:01am

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

Jun 16 2016 1:17pm

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

Jun 16 2016 12:55pm

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

Jun 16 2016 10:45am

5 Essex Court invites wannabe barristers to pupillage interview by ‘mistake’

Exclusive: Technical glitch leaves bar hopefuls "gutted"

Jun 16 2016 9:03am

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

Jun 15 2016 11:54am

ULaw students petition government to fund aspiring lawyers’ LPCs

Second years push for university loan shake up

Jun 15 2016 9:07am

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

Jun 14 2016 1:29pm