Category: News
Man behind criminal law syllabus shake up to face retrial for murder
An appeal by Ameen Jogee saw the law on joint enterprise drastically changed, but his fate still hangs in the balance
Ashurst keeps 15 out of 19 qualifying trainees
79% of rookies stay with firm
Cambridge PhD law student who spends spare time dressing up as the Insect Overlord coming to a chambers near you
When studying law all gets too much…
Med neg giant combines with ULaw to launch solicitor apprenticeship with law degree
New Fletchers programme modelled on law school's scheme with Mayer Brown
Norton Rose Fulbright racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 96%
All bar one spring qualifier will remain at the global giant
Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed
Eminent private client outfit remains tightlipped over dealings with Azerbaijan president's daughters
Lancaster law student believed to have died fighting for ISIS
Khalif Shariff enrolled at the law school in 2014, but abandoned his LLB to flee to Syria
York law student claims antisemitism on the increase at UK universities
“I feel quite uncomfortable on campus, it’s quite intimidating”
The Law Society has just wasted £7 million on a failed business venture — here is what they could have spent it on
Independent review reveals a catalogue of errors led to conveyance software flop
Missing Queen Mary law undergrad found dead in Slovenia
He had not been seen since February
65% of kids think lawyers are men
And they drew some delightful pictures to demonstrate this
Northern megafirm Hill Dickinson retains all six of its spring qualifiers
Liverpool-based outfit strikes perfect 100% trainee retention score
Pinsent Masons promotes eight women to partner as Linklaters considers female boss
Who run the world? Girls
Student who sued law school after failing LPC twice fails to overturn vexatious litigant order
She now wants to become a barrister
Sidley Austin pays £100,000 each to seven Kirkland & Ellis associates as signing-on fee
City law juniors haul in Premier League footballer-level money
King & Wood Mallesons and Eversheds reveal contrasting trainee retention performances
Meanwhile, Simmons & Simmons accused of retention figure manipulation
Aspiring solicitor’s training contract deemed worthless after she was left unsupervised for 15 months
Supervisor took maternity leave without arranging appropriate support
Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti to join top commercial set 39 Essex Chambers
From human rights to big money barristering