Category: News
Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti to join top commercial set 39 Essex Chambers
From human rights to big money barristering
Doughty Street junior barrister replaces Shami Chakrabarti as director of Liberty
Martha Spurrier was called to the bar in 2010, the same year as Amal Clooney
Bigshot megafirm partner banned from UK legal practice after billing clients for luxury family holidays
Top lawyer also used firm's cash to pay off debts he owed relating to spin-off venture
Gloucestershire Uni law student charged with attempted murder after Megabus knife attack
20 year-old could face lengthy spell behind bars if found guilty
DLA Piper associate struck off for concealing strike out
Young real estate associate at international giant fabricated court documents
Britain’s first black female High Court judge opens up about racism at the bar
Clerks would Tippex out her name on briefs and write in the name of male pupil they wanted to be the tenant
Inns of Court quietly open applications for big money Graduate Diploma in Law scholarships
Over half a million quid up for grabs for wannabe lawyers
Top social media barrister says screenshotting Snapchats is unlikely to be illegal
Christina Michalos pours scorn on “extremely misleading” tabloid analysis
Jobless wannabe lawyer loses legal battle against her law school
Anna Alaburda has been unable to find a legal job after ten years of trying
Research: One fifth of the world’s top law schools are in the UK
But Oxford and Cambridge miss out on the top spot
Junior barrister admits supplying drugs that killed teenage boyfriend at Temple party
Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron will be sentenced on 3 May
Hogan versus Gawker: Free speech can be costly
Gawker has been ordered to pay an astonishing $140 million in cumulative damages to the former US wrestling icon
Top EU law chambers ups pupillage award to £65,000 as Brexit vote looms
Monckton Chambers chucks an extra £5,000 at its junior legal talent
New Zealand courts thrown into disarray as a third of country’s top judges fall ill during luxury château break
Gastro bug sweeps through Kiwi judiciary
The legal sector boom: Lawyers responsible for 8,000 additional jobs
But what are they, exactly?
Commemorative toilet roll tells of female struggle to enter legal profession due to lack of toilet facilities
And you can own one for just £100...
Team of four students from UCL, LSE, Leicester and Portsmouth crowned the most commercially aware wannabe lawyers in Britain
Quartet snatch win in prestigious competition
Aberdeen University law student found dead in her halls
The police are not treating her death as suspicious
Simmons & Simmons keeps seven out of nine new qualifiers
Firm declines to comment on how many trainees started this round's qualification process