Category: News

GDL student lit bonfire on roof of flat then tried to put out flames with ‘bottles of urine’

Lawyer dream may be over as student pleads guilty to arson

Feb 25 2015 10:26am

Ex-senior partner of law summit sponsor Allen & Overy admits regret that ticket price ruled out students

Over 50s discuss the future of law without a young person in sight

Feb 25 2015 9:17am

Legal pic of the day

Mini-macaron members of the bar

Feb 24 2015 6:47pm

Norton Rose Fulbright keeps 21 out of 26 new qualifiers

Global giant retains 81% of its London trainees

Feb 24 2015 4:47pm

Comedians stand up for legal aid at Not The Global Law Summit

Stars including Stewart Lee, Stephen K Amos and Sara Pascoe put on gig in protest against the cuts

Feb 24 2015 2:10pm

11 law-related Instagram accounts that are worth a follow

As lawyers wake up to the mobile photo-sharing network, we bring you the best legally-themed accounts

Feb 24 2015 10:02am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 24 February

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Feb 24 2015 7:59am

Legal pic of the day

Chris Grayling poses awkwardly with Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan and US attorney general Eric Holder in very random photo

Feb 23 2015 6:18pm

The bar ‘will die out’ and solicitors be replaced by paralegals, predicts top criminal barrister at Global Law Summit

As protests rage in Westminster, Tony Cross QC forecasts the end of the legal profession as we know it

Feb 23 2015 5:29pm

Slaughter and May is targeting Ivy League law students to fill London positions

Magic circle giant resurrects policy of attending top US recruitment fairs

Feb 23 2015 1:00pm

The BPTC could be chopped up into lots of little courses

Bar regulator pledges to "build flexibility" into Bar Professional Training Course in bid to reduce cost

Feb 23 2015 12:15pm

Judge refuses to let law student observe bail hearing because he was dressed too scruffily

Wannabe lawyer booted out of immigration hearing in London's Taylor House

Feb 23 2015 11:14am

London Fashion Week hits Middle Temple

But not an Ede & Ravenscroft in sight

Feb 23 2015 9:45am

Criminal bar chief vows to speak up for legal aid as Global Law Summit opens amid heavy security

Tony Cross QC hits back at critics who say he should boycott Chris Grayling's law schmooze-fest

Feb 23 2015 8:47am

Legal pic of the day

Legally Blonde: first came the musical, then the beer

Feb 20 2015 4:04pm

Uni law faculty takes legal aid court referral scheme nationwide

Keele University expands ‘Clock’ programme in a bid to make the most of dwindling state funding and to assist growing band of litigants in person

Feb 20 2015 1:35pm

Berwin Leighton Paisner hit by claim that it doctored trainee retention rate

City law firm says three unaccounted for trainees "didn't get to the offer stage"

Feb 20 2015 10:21am

I left Daily Telegraph over editorial standards too, reveals top law hack Joshua Rozenberg

Admission from UK’s most loved legal affairs commentator follows Peter Oborne's high-profile resignation from paper

Feb 20 2015 9:35am

The fake QC scam, the City law firm and the high-flying but gullible solicitor

Exclusive Legal Cheek investigation: A mining and energy specialist solicitor, the London office of a top Canadian law firm, some posh “search” consultants and a leading legal directory may have been fooled by international fraudsters

Feb 20 2015 8:51am

Legal pic of the day

M’learned furry friends

Feb 19 2015 4:43pm

Bar in cyber war with itself over bigwig support for Global Law Summit

The internet blazes with charge and counter-charge as criminal bar chief is front row in line of fire for agreeing to speak at pilloried event

Feb 19 2015 3:40pm