Category: News
‘The day of the constitutional lawyer has come’ says Prof Dougan
Liverpool Uni law lecturer gives evidence to House of Commons Treasury Committee on all things Brexit
Magic circle embraces artificial intelligence
Clifford Chance latest outfit to embrace futuristic robot-style tech to improve speed, efficiency and quality
Lily Allen tweets about Farage & Co at a mysterious garden party
But did she over-step the mark in terms of privacy law?
Wannabe barrister creates ‘Brexiles’ website to help young people flee Britain
Oxford grad creates online resource tool in wake of historic referendum vote
Westminster prof named ‘Law Teacher of the Year 2016’
Lisa Webley scoops coveted prize, seeing off competition from the likes of Oxford, Leicester and Nottingham Trent
Legal dream team fights to make Brexit conditional on parliamentary backing
Big guns from Mishcon de Reya, Blackstone, Matrix and Monckton take aim at referendum decision
The next legal boom? India to open legal market to international law firms
Some welcome news amid Brexit chaos for London's megafirms
What Brexit? Herbert Smith Freehills boosts pay for newly qualified solicitors to £90,000
Trainee salaries also rise at London office of global giant
Shearman & Sterling retains all 13 of its qualifying trainees
Gold stars and pats on the back all round at big-paying US firm's London office
Fieldfisher kicks off Autumn retention season with perfect 100% result
Meanwhile City outfit CMS Cameron McKenna finally reveals disappointing spring figure of just 62%
Criminal barrister handed suspended sentence for stalking ex-lover
Conviction follows on from his lawyer wife being given a 12-month restraining order and curfew for her own campaign against husband’s ex-mistress
Crowd justice to the rescue
Top QC calls on the crowd in their wisdom to clear up constitutional chaos
Law lecturers reassure disheartened students that their EU law studies not in vain
Factortame is going nowhere
University of Law offers half price course fees for out-of-work LPC students
Wannabe lawyers will still receive a 50% rebate on LPC fees if they have failed to secure employment within nine months of graduating
Chasing Shadows
Meet the two lawyer newbies promoted to positions in the shadow cabinet that Corbyn/McDonnell are too busy to occupy
Lord Neuberger’s top tips on how to be rude to judges, and get away with it
Lessons in subtle rudeness from the Supreme Court bigshot
University of Liverpool EU law lecturer’s incredible out-of-office email response in wake of Brexit abuse
Exclusive: Professor Michael Dougan went viral earlier this month after a video backing Remain campaign amassed almost seven million views
Half of Baker & McKenzie’s new London partners are women
International heavyweight promotes 85 lawyers across its global offices
York Uni pays four-figure sum to law student who claimed anti-Semitism was rife at UK universities
Boris Johnson’s brother helped him get the money
Pride 2016: Lawyers take to London’s streets to celebrate LGBTI rights
And yes, there was a dog in wig
London law firms to cut back on EU trainees following Brexit
As many as 20% of City firms' trainees are non-British EU citizens -- something which may be about to change