Category: News
ULaw strikes Fieldfisher training deal as Kaplan exodus continues
It was the fancy City of London premises that apparently won it
Actors’ fury as mystery London QC pays £10,500 to appear as Broadway extra
"How would he feel if I offered him money to turn up as his clerk in a key trial?"
Amal Clooney’s human rights campaign trail snuffed by paps who just wanted to see what she was wearing
Could Amal follow in the footsteps of Cherie Blair and quit chambers?
Prisoners achieve better grades than Durham students on pioneering law course
Students at university favoured by top City law firms outperformed by incarcerated course mates
New solicitor super-exam could be rolled into undergraduate law degrees to save students £15k
Proposed replacement for the LPC to be incorporated into LLB
Happy birthday Lord Denning!
Law student favourite would be 117 today
UWE and ULaw students build on last year’s success to overturn 96% of DWP’s ‘fit for work’ decisions
Law students 2 – 0 Iain Duncan Smith
Hogan Lovells keeps 27 out of 29 qualifying trainees
Strong retention season continues
London’s megafirms train up youngsters in EU law as they boost Brexit teams
Teams of solicitors being assembled all over the City to advise on EU treaty renegotiation
Hull Uni law grad handed restraining order for hate campaign against lecturer who he blamed for training contract failure
Luke Harker's lawyer dream is surely now over
Psychoactive Substances Bill could become the worst piece of law in Britain
The notoriously awful Dangerous Dogs Act may soon have a rival
Bar Nursery North: Second crèche opens up for barristers’ babies in bid to boost gender diversity
Leeds childcare scheme follows success of legal London venture
Herbert Smith Freehills continues impressive retention showing to keep 94% of its qualifying trainees
Elite firm retains 33 of its 35 spring 2016 qualifiers
Research shows that top City law firms hardly recruit any trainees from their paralegals
But lots of pretty good other firms do
London College of Fashion unveils first of its kind law course
University of the Arts moves into legal education
Law grad vacancies down 16% since 2005 while accountancy places soar by 68%
Number-crunchers in demand but law still pays more
US firm that doesn’t offer TCs ups NQ pay to £99k in bid to net London’s best qualifying trainees
Quinn Emanuel puts money saved on training contracts towards associate pay
12 City law firms feature in LGBT top 100 employer list
Once again Simmons & Simmons named "star performer"
Dentons channels unclaimed client money to fund new LLB scholarship that pays undergrads £20k each
Megafirm joins Hogan Lovells in sponsoring LLB students
Charlotte Proudman leaves Twitter after relentless abuse from trolls
Young sexism row barrister deactivates account
Pupillage Gateway will be moved to January from 2017
After previous false start the Bar Council finally gives date change the go-ahead