Category: News

‘Making a Murderer’: could we see an English version?

Don’t hold your breath, says top criminal barrister

Jan 15 2016 12:01pm

Hill Dickinson partner fined £1,000 by SRA over ‘domestic incident’

City lawyer reaches "settlement agreement" with regulator to avoid disciplinary tribunal

Jan 15 2016 11:06am

Research: Non-legal employers favour law graduates over all other applicants

They work harder and have an "aptitude for learning"

Jan 15 2016 9:48am

Aspiring lawyer charged with murder does NOT attend BPP despite LinkedIn claims

Law school says Carl Langdell "has never been a student at BPP University”

Jan 15 2016 9:14am

Man banned for life from going within four metres of a bike rack in legal first

Criminal Behaviour Orders inject scope for creativity in judges' sentencing

Jan 14 2016 4:19pm

Money talks: Weil Gotshal continues 100% trainee retention after cash boost

Did the recent NQ pay rise to £100k sway their decision?

Jan 14 2016 1:32pm

Durham student rape acquittal sparks talk of criminal law reform

Should we bring back anonymity for accused rapists?

Jan 14 2016 12:33pm

DLA Piper associate offers training contract ‘coaching’ and ‘guidance’ at £40 an hour

Edinburgh based lawyer and former White & Case trainee sells application advice online

Jan 14 2016 9:45am

Nosy bosses CANNOT read your private WhatsApp conversations due to ECHR ruling

Reporters can't resist getting a human rights story wrong

Jan 13 2016 4:22pm

Lord Chief Justice says judges are feeling stressed out at work

Even judges aren’t immune from the stresses and strains of the working world

Jan 13 2016 2:08pm

Top judge calls for lawyerless courts

Bad news for law students

Jan 13 2016 12:28pm

Trowers & Hamlins improves on poor autumn trainee retention performance

Period of unpredictable retention rates continues for national firm as it posts an 88% spring 2016 result

Jan 12 2016 12:13pm

Co-op training contract freeze continues despite expansion

Hype of "100 training contracts a year by 2017" a distant memory

Jan 12 2016 11:18am

Top criminal chambers boosts pupillage award from £16k to £40k

London set bucks downward pay trend

Jan 12 2016 9:27am

Daily Mail hate against lawyers reaches unprecedented levels

National newspaper enraged by solicitors “hounding” of British troops

Jan 11 2016 3:11pm

Labour’s top lawyer quits citing ‘increasingly negative path’ under Jeremy Corbyn

Shadow attorney general Catherine McKinnell has resigned -- Karl Turner replaces her

Jan 11 2016 1:02pm

Just 23% of new QCs are women — but Boris’ wife is one of them

Ethnic minorities also under-represented as -- surprise, surprise -- white men dominate silk appointments

Jan 11 2016 12:33pm

BPP law student charged with murder appears in court — but does not enter plea

GDL student's next hearing scheduled for March

Jan 11 2016 8:59am

Number of students studying undergraduate law degrees has risen by 28% since 2007

LLBs are booming -- and increasingly dominated by women

Jan 8 2016 1:40pm

Social mobility charity’s ‘Model Law Commission’ gets students thinking about what being a lawyer actually means

Big Voice London aims to bring people who see the world differently into the profession

Jan 8 2016 12:14pm