Category: News

Skadden lawyer accused of racism over Paris attacks article

Associate authored piece titled “It’s okay if you care more about the Paris attacks than the Beirut bombings”

Nov 18 2015 5:13pm

White & Case ups trainee intake again as it reveals plan to challenge magic circle

Only ten firms in UK now offering more TCs than London office of US giant

Nov 18 2015 2:03pm

ULaw launches new aptitude test BPTC in Leeds

Law school goes head-to-head with rival BPP in Yorkshire

Nov 18 2015 11:32am

Dogs’ legal action against top law firm and bank struck out

Goldie and Diamond blocked from suing Shoosmiths and HSBC by judge

Nov 17 2015 1:36pm

Scrap law degrees, urges top QC

Courtenay Griffiths wants legal education to be postgraduate only

Nov 17 2015 10:52am

Legal aid lawyers are running rings around plodding civil servants in latest cuts battle

By hiring people with no legal expertise to put its new post-cuts framework in place, the Ministry of Justice has left itself exposed

Nov 16 2015 1:45pm

Vicious divorce battle between young corporate lawyer couple, aged 30 and 32, embarrasses megafirms

Allegations fly in highly-public clash between former Latham & Watkins lawyer and Weil Gotshal associate

Nov 16 2015 11:47am

Hogan Lovells in mourning after young lawyer murdered in Paris attacks

LSE graduate Valentin Ribet killed at the Bataclan concert hall

Nov 16 2015 8:36am

Ode to the wig: Barrister pays tribute to his Harry Potter-style ‘invisibility cloak’

At a time of high-profile opposition to legal headgear, one lawyer has gone public with his love for the horsehair

Nov 13 2015 3:36pm

A Lancaster Uni law student fitness sensation is taking Instagram by storm

Most-followed law student in UK could soon be earning more than magic circle lawyers

Nov 13 2015 9:46am

The legal profession has just set a trainee solicitor minimum wage that is higher than the one it scrapped — but it’s unenforceable

New recommended minimum wage for trainee solicitors is £20,276 in London and £18,183 elsewhere

Nov 11 2015 1:30pm

Bristol Uni law faculty could be next in global student campaign to erase links with slavery

Movement to change Harvard Law School logo expected to highlight Bristol Law School slave labour ties

Nov 11 2015 12:11pm

Top human rights chambers launches paid mini-pupillage with ‘good enough for the bar’ test for disadvantaged students

Exclusive: One Crown Office Row's new scheme seeks to widens pupillage interview pool

Nov 10 2015 12:16pm

LPC student goes public to reveal anger after ULaw lose her exam paper

Unmarked exam sat in tutor’s pigeon hole for three weeks before part of it was accidentally thrown out

Nov 9 2015 3:33pm

Legal market expert predicts that Big Four accountancy giants will challenge top law firms

The legal teams being assembled by bean-counter megafirms could shake-up the law

Nov 9 2015 1:36pm

The ‘scouse scum’ YouTube rant lawyer has been fired — also via YouTube

Chelsea FC-mad Clive O’Connell ejected from global law firm partnership

Nov 9 2015 11:28am

Charlotte Proudman launches new assault on judiciary while revealing very personal glimpses into her life in the media spotlight

Barrister interlaces shocking new allegations with fascinating insights into the woman behind the headlines

Nov 9 2015 9:28am

Illustrator turns iTunes’ terms & conditions into comic book art

Legalease has never looked so good

Nov 6 2015 4:03pm