Category: News
Gove calls make-or-break meeting in bid to resolve crime legal aid dispute
Four lawyer lobbying groups will meet Justice Secretary -- but Law Society and Bar Council are in the cold
Financial Conduct Authority trainee flogs top City law firm training contract application answers
Exclusive: Graduate offers students an "unfair advantage" in return for cash
Latest advocacy row — bar leaders slam solicitors for poor family court work
Top silks call on Ministry of Justice to launch a review of courtroom standards as public is in “danger”
Solicitors are rubbish at the ‘art’ of Crown Court advocacy, says top Tory QC
Silk who defended the Krays also aggrieved by modern law firm tendency to "tie papers with rubber bands instead of tape"
Allen & Overy ups junior lawyer pay by A QUARTER to blow away rest of magic circle
English firm now paying close to US levels for rookies -- but bonuses are slashed
Junior lawyers’ biggest complaints: rubbish bonuses and poor partnership chances
Survey of City and regional commercial firms reveals young solicitors still aspire to the big money
Norton Rose Fulbright boosts junior lawyer pay to match magic circle competition
Exclusive: Transatlantic player overtakes some big names in the salary league tables
Four trainees say no to Slaughter and May as firm records 89% autumn retention
Blue-blood City player today revealed that 33 of its 37 September qualifiers will remain at the firm
Appeal to continue search for BPP LPC grad missing while on diving holiday
London church launches petition to encourage Canadian authorities to find Timothy Chu, who was set to start training contract this September
A new law school is being built in a bunker under Lincoln’s Inn to deliver a not-for-profit BPTC
Exclusive: Inns of Court fight back against private law schools
Two City firms back latest bid to ease law firm recruitment path for socially underprivileged
Herbert Smith Freehills and Travers Smith join three magic circle players in mentoring and advice scheme
Oi lawyers — do more free work, demands think tank
A leading political thinker-cum-Anglican theologian reckons the legal profession should spend up to 10% of time on pro bono
Telly quiz show barrister allegedly ‘smelled of cannabis’ as he advised client
Exclusive: The Chase’s general knowledge genius denies improper behaviour following pasting in Court of Appeal hearing
Courts set to grind to a juddering halt as criminal bar votes to stop taking new work
Breaking: Rank and file barristers rebel against QCs' wishes
Arts students work harder than law students, stats reveal
A leading education think tank suggests wannabe lawyers might not have it as tough as they make out to counterparts in other disciplines
Bar student from failed judicial review advertises himself as an ‘employment lawyer’
Exclusive: Religious minister and former car-worker-turned BPTC student caught up in ongoing row over barrister title
Jones Day and Taylor Wessing continue strong autumn retention trend for City firms
London office of US giant hangs onto all qualifiers; Anglo-German firm keeps 87%
Anger and confusion as hundreds of students unexpectedly fail the BPTC ethics module
Exclusive: Litigation is in the air as the Bar Standards Board refuses to review the marks
Uni of Law tight-lipped over its bid to take on business school market
Europe’s biggest law school launches De Broc; but silent on student numbers
Pupillage Gateway moved to January so students know if they have chambers place before committing to BPTC
Exclusive: Finally, a move to protect wannabe barristers
Mills & Reeve reveals strong autumn retention figure of 88%
The 14 new lawyers will be spread across the firm’s Cambridge, Norwich and Birmingham offices