Category: News

Humblebrags give way to outright brags as latest Legal 500 hits shelves

Trying to be humble on social media is so last year

Sep 17 2015 12:53pm

Trainee recruitment bonanza: Firms up TC numbers — led by White & Case with 33% rise

Other big name to boost graduate hiring is Ashurst with 12.5% increase; five mid-tier outfits also offering more training contracts

Sep 17 2015 9:56am

Lord Harley in Parking Wars TV appearance

“Harry Potter” lawyer filmed delivering submission during double yellow line dispute

Sep 16 2015 2:18pm

Charlotte Proudman: Solicitor asked me for bikini photo in exchange for work experience

LinkedIn sexism row barrister also says her leg was inappropriately "rubbed" during mini-pupillage

Sep 16 2015 11:41am

An application has been made to turn 9-12 Bell Yard into luxury flats

Top criminal chambers forced to seek new premises as developers sniff cash

Sep 16 2015 9:49am

11 Stone Buildings is to fold

Big-paying commercial and chancery set announces dissolution after four barristers depart

Sep 15 2015 3:57pm

Silver circle pair reveal retention rates — and one is much better than the other

Contrasting retention fortunes at Macfarlanes and Ashurst

Sep 15 2015 9:19am

This corporate law firm’s 1956 guide to recruiting ‘lady lawyers’ is slightly terrifying

"If the paper records are the same, the man is given preference, barring some personality defect"

Sep 14 2015 11:55am

The billable hour appeal for refugees needs just £20k to hit £200,000

One last push required, as 'How to get sued' fundraiser event is launched

Sep 14 2015 9:44am

Jonathan Goldberg puts the ‘C’ in QC

Listen to silk drop C-bomb live on BBC radio

Sep 14 2015 9:31am

Human rights barrister slams Daily Mail journos who targeted lawyers’ Facebook profiles

"Is this what you dreamed of in journalism school?' demands 1 Crown Office Row junior as Proudman/Carter-Silk madness peaks

Sep 11 2015 12:25pm

Justice minister in the clear following ‘unpaid’ £13.50 expenses error

"Absolutely furious" Caroline Dinenage MP hits back

Sep 10 2015 7:39pm

Lord Justice Vos says firms and chambers bosses are ‘discriminatory’ towards students who aren’t like them

Selection procedures for training contracts and pupillages favour the privileged, says top judge

Sep 10 2015 2:11pm

Boss of top legal aid firm vows to never instruct LinkedIn message barrister Charlotte Proudman again

"It's not for exposing sexism ... it's for publishing private stuff," says Tuckers senior partner Franklin Sinclair

Sep 10 2015 12:38am

Kaplan exodus: Mayer Brown and Holman Fenwick leave for BPP as Penningtons chooses ULaw

Trio pick other law schools ahead of Kaplan's closure, but other firms commit to stay until end of 2015-16 academic year

Sep 9 2015 5:26pm

University of Law enters Scottish market with CMS Cameron McKenna future trainee tie-up

English-style vocational course to be launched north of the border

Sep 9 2015 2:07pm

An 18 year old kid has qualified as a solicitor

Child prodigy Aussie is a month older than BPTC graduate Gabrielle Turnquest when she was called to the bar in 2013

Sep 9 2015 11:23am

Millennial lawyers are getting sick of their jobs even faster than previous generations

32% of UK lawyer job seekers are applying for non-legal roles -- up from 24% in 2007, finds study

Sep 9 2015 9:05am

Three City firms reveal solid if not spectacular retention rates as one trainee quits law to work with lions

Norton Rose Fulbright, Bird & Bird and Eversheds announce how many of their young are staying

Sep 8 2015 2:16pm