Category: News
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
Legal pic of the day
Newcastle University law student makes baked appeal for training contract
Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer
Fraud squad swooped on Chambers Solicitors in July and arrested two; meanwhile, New York-based former Tory MP reveals she’s had a Gorgeous George letter
Fears of trainee recruitment free-for-all as solicitor watchdog threatens to bin code of practice
Exclusive: Law firms could be allowed to offer training contracts to students before they start uni
George Galloway’s high street firm faces rough ride as media law big guns back twitterati in libel row
Bradford-based Chambers Solicitors has picked quite a fight as regulator is put on alert
Research: Canapes and booze more important than service standards for choosing corporate law firms
Get the high-class nibbles and pricey champagne in
Legal pic of the day
"Solicitors couldn't give a XXXX for anyone else"
Newly-qualified solicitor retention at Hogan Lovells takes a hit amid practice area logjam
Anglo-US firm blames lack of openings in popular practice areas as only 66% of rookie lawyers stay on
Wragge & Co’s idea of ‘fun and games’ leaves a lot to be desired
The good folk over at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co's recruitment department are a laugh a minute
The horror, the horror, cries City solicitor leader at prospect of fresh training review
Uber-regulator takes heavy incoming fire after proposing yet another round of legal education navel gazing for later this year
Bundle rage: Lawyer hits back after top judge labels page limit rule-breakers as ‘delinquents’
To roars of support on Twitter, St John's Chambers barrister Lucy Reed slams family division chief's court document rant
Disabled student takes on law school over dodgy swipe-card access to library
GDL student's persistence sees City University comply with disability legislation