Category: News

Bar Council confirms Pupillage Gateway date change U-turn with consultation launch

Opinions of law students sought over on/off timetabling switch

Nov 25 2015 9:33am

Katie Hopkins seems to be styling herself as a legal commentator

Reality TV star loves writing about the law in her mad Mail Online columns

Nov 24 2015 4:01pm

Linklaters moves to distance itself from charity — a year after it was placed under investigation

Exclusive: Magic circle firm's logo removed from Human Aid's website and name deleted from sponsorship page

Nov 24 2015 12:00pm

Amal Clooney thinks £450,000 engagement ring is too fancy for legal London

A-lister's rock costs more than many of her Doughty Street colleagues' homes

Nov 24 2015 9:26am

Top lawyers are ten times more likely to be privately educated than anyone else

The legal profession just can’t seem to shake its ‘old boys’ club’ reputation -- for good reason

Nov 23 2015 1:48pm

Charlotte Proudman and top QC have huge Twitter row about who knows the law better

Spat about the Female Genital Mutilations Act shakes social media

Nov 23 2015 9:34am

The Freshfields ‘£1,000 an hour’ partner: row breaks out over how much top firm charges

Barrister MP reckons magic circle giant demands up to a grand for 60 minutes of its time

Nov 20 2015 1:47pm

Durham law student YouTube star set to forsake Zoella-style fame for the magic circle

Second year is a global social media hit -- but wants to be a City solicitor

Nov 20 2015 10:37am

Barrister receives police caution after fight at Middle Temple student qualifying session

Brawl marks the arrival of Christmas party season

Nov 20 2015 9:26am

Skadden lawyer accused of racism over Paris attacks article

Associate authored piece titled “It’s okay if you care more about the Paris attacks than the Beirut bombings”

Nov 18 2015 5:13pm

White & Case ups trainee intake again as it reveals plan to challenge magic circle

Only ten firms in UK now offering more TCs than London office of US giant

Nov 18 2015 2:03pm

ULaw launches new aptitude test BPTC in Leeds

Law school goes head-to-head with rival BPP in Yorkshire

Nov 18 2015 11:32am

Dogs’ legal action against top law firm and bank struck out

Goldie and Diamond blocked from suing Shoosmiths and HSBC by judge

Nov 17 2015 1:36pm

Scrap law degrees, urges top QC

Courtenay Griffiths wants legal education to be postgraduate only

Nov 17 2015 10:52am

Legal aid lawyers are running rings around plodding civil servants in latest cuts battle

By hiring people with no legal expertise to put its new post-cuts framework in place, the Ministry of Justice has left itself exposed

Nov 16 2015 1:45pm

Vicious divorce battle between young corporate lawyer couple, aged 30 and 32, embarrasses megafirms

Allegations fly in highly-public clash between former Latham & Watkins lawyer and Weil Gotshal associate

Nov 16 2015 11:47am

Hogan Lovells in mourning after young lawyer murdered in Paris attacks

LSE graduate Valentin Ribet killed at the Bataclan concert hall

Nov 16 2015 8:36am

Ode to the wig: Barrister pays tribute to his Harry Potter-style ‘invisibility cloak’

At a time of high-profile opposition to legal headgear, one lawyer has gone public with his love for the horsehair

Nov 13 2015 3:36pm