Category: News
Modern lawyers are far too specialised, says Supreme Court judge
First Jonathan Sumption QC laid into law degrees, now he’s criticising qualified lawyers for being narrow minded
Court document in full: Lawyer demands Game of Thrones-style ‘trial by combat’
New York sole practitioner attempts to resurrect ancient common law tradition
City firm monitors lawyers’ calls in bid to combat stress
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co implements app-based tech that checks for stress in lawyer telephone voices
Uni of Law ditches Birmingham part-time BPTC just six weeks before start date
Exclusive: Students with part-time places told to head to London instead
Killjoy bar leaders aim to phase out dining requirement for qualification as a barrister
Age-old tradition of drunken bread roll fights looks set to be pensioned off as it's not sufficiently educational
Number of bad-boy barristers drops as disbarments tumbled last year
Regulator’s annual figures show complaints rise, but 31% fewer lawyers were given red cards
Fact check: Oxbridge-obsessed chambers claims to be a ‘varied and diverse place’
20 Essex Street Chambers gets carried away on Twitter
Blogger is first Open University student to bag Harvard Law School scholarship
From the heights of Legal Cheek to slumming it in the Ivy League
Trendy London law firm does its bit to tackle erectile dysfunction
Diversity recruitment agency announcement suggests Olswang has got into the good wood game
Ministry of Justice slaps penniless tramps with whopping court charges to bolster coffers
The desperate monetisation of Britain’s criminal justice system
Shearman & Sterling’s London office switches Kaplan for Uni of Law in LPC deal
Contract kicks off this September in a post-sale boost for university
Crime legal aid firms are forced to offer cheap ‘McJustice’ to clients, says strike leader
Head of London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association also has a pop at legal education establishment
University of Law launches money back guarantee for out-of-work LPC students
ULaw offering 50% rebate of fees for those unable to secure job in "legal or commerce"
Andy Burnham bids to battle Corbyn by being friend to legal aid lawyers
Leadership election manifesto of former health secretary calls for a review of recent cuts
Two universities bin law conversion course as market tightens
Keele and Hertfordshire law schools announced today that it’s all over for their Graduate Diploma in Law courses
UCL legal academic discovers corporate lawyers are missing the ethics gene
UCL law school boffin produces an image of what good legal values should look like
University of Law boss stands down in post-sale top-tier shake-up
Exclusive: Chief executive goes and top finance man is also thought to be heading for door
Baker & McKenzie insists paralegal applicants must be two-year qualified solicitors
Now you have to be a qualified lawyer to get a non-qualified job
Latest research: three-quarters of young lawyers say they fear professional ‘burnout’
More money would help rectify work-life unbalance … along with fewer irritating clients
Herbert Smith Freehills keeps 34 out of 37 trainees
Elite City outfit posts 92% retention rate
Legal charity offers seven social welfare training contracts for second year running
Application process kicks off next week for positions across the UK