Category: News
Under siege bar students build fort out of Archbolds
A pile of 2013 Archbolds finally comes in handy as two wannabe barristers make sensible use of their time in run-up to a key qualification staging post
Hogan Lovells releases revised retention rate of 72%
Hogan Lovells confirm latest Spring 2015 retention rate with revised 72% figure -- with two final trainees sticking with the firm
Law student brings disruption to Crufts — but at what cost?
Wannabe lawyer's antics could be a turn-off for law firms and chambers
Legal pic of the day
Lego judges are a thing
5 ways that ditching the trainee recruitment code could affect how firms treat students
Regulator's controversial decision to abandon trainee recruitment code of practice will make City law graduate hiring more investment bank-like
9 Gough Square barristers recall the increasingly unlikely-sized fish that got away
Rod-related recollections
Has Essex Court Chambers launched a fast-food sideline?
What's a "bappister"?
The Paralegal Shortcut: 29 LPC grads apply to qualify as solicitors without doing a training contract
New route into profession could be a game-changer
Amal Clooney joins Columbia University as visiting lecturer
Doughty Street human rights barrister bags prestigious New York gig
Legal pic of the day
Do you get Snake on that?
Magna Carta: the rap battle
BBC children’s telly sketch team pump up the volume over ancient rights
Trainee retention latest: Baker & McKenzie keeps 82% while Nabarro hits 100%
Two more corporate firms find homes for over 80% of their newly-qualifying young
Hogan Lovells lawyer stars in House of Cards as a version of himself
Washington DC-based litigator was originally called in to advise on legal accuracy of scenes in third season
The Judge Rules: Training contracts and pupillages should be scrapped
If yet another review of legal education must be launched -- let’s hope regulators have the guts to propose something radical and meaningful
Morning round-up: Friday 6 March
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
A shelfie
Twitter account publishes full defamation letter issued by George Galloway’s law firm
Chambers Solicitors' drafting reaches a wider audience
Throwback Thursday: Pre-Great Recession, City law firms were all about gymnastics
In a bid for trendiness, franchise giant Eversheds released this adrenaline-fuelled video advert -- three months before the 2008 crash
Maxine Peake to play Martha Costello QC-style role in new animated short film
Star of legal drama Silk is back as you've never seen her before
Ashurst racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 91%
And media niche firm Olswang hits 88%, but on much smaller trainee cohort
Ministry of Justice shows ‘breathtaking hypocrisy’ in World Book Day tweet
Grayling's department "looking at how improving prisoners' reading skills helps to reduce reoffending" -- after banning books in prisons and getting smacked down by courts