Category: News

Solicitor-advocate uses client’s Christmas jumper as advocacy tactic

"You can't send anyone to prison wearing that"

Dec 24 2015 10:10am

KPMG legal team reveals it’s offering training contracts amid soaring growth

Big Four giant is tight-lipped on details

Dec 22 2015 4:25pm

Lord Harley ‘takes legal action’ against the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for refusing to hear his case in the North

Another twist in long-running saga of controversial solicitor-advocate

Dec 22 2015 12:48pm

Clifford Chance future trainee uproar as firm cancels funding for Professional Skills Course

Policy switch has left students struggling to make ends meet

Dec 22 2015 10:09am

Top lawyers’ horror at prospect of putting a dead man on trial

Lord Janner "trial of facts" would be a modern legal first

Dec 21 2015 5:41pm

ULaw students hit by legal database fail

As if Christmas exams weren’t stressful enough

Dec 21 2015 11:11am

Crime doesn’t pay: Students who opt for bar glamour careers will always earn way less than kids who choose safe corporate route

Thinking of a career at the criminal bar? You could be over £40,000 better off working in Aldi

Dec 18 2015 11:57am

Law student-led Oxford University a cappella group goes viral with classic Xmas cover

Unbelievably high-achieving wannabe solicitor racks up another top extra-curricular achievement for his CV

Dec 18 2015 9:22am

Court of Appeal refers ‘UK’s top barrister’ to regulator over his incredible website

Michael Wolkind QC's “inappropriate attempts at humour” during murder trial will also be scrutinised by Bar Standards Board

Dec 17 2015 11:32am

Jailed: Hull Uni law student who claimed indecent images of children were for LLM research

Aspiring lawyer handed 12-month jail term with judge claiming he had “lied his head off”

Dec 17 2015 9:16am

Nottingham Uni law student reveals that she is the child who shouted nativity songs in viral YouTube hit

CMS Cameron McKenna brand ambassador quips that she has always "had an enthusiastic and individual approach"

Dec 16 2015 3:17pm

11KBW ups pupillage award from £55,000 to £65,000

But top commercial set still pays £7,500 less than most generous chambers

Dec 16 2015 11:42am

City Law School terminates agreement with pro bono scheme that makes students pay to plug the legal aid gap

Issues involving the professional indemnity insurance of award-nominated programme cited as reason for ending partnership

Dec 16 2015 9:20am

Top EU law academic tells parliament to stop being so selfish about human rights

UK government needs to set a good example to other countries

Dec 15 2015 5:05pm

Pupil barrister hit with £1,000 fine after plagiarising skeleton argument in moot competition

Bar Standards Board refuses to reveal the chambers at which Samuel Campbell practises

Dec 15 2015 9:23am