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

Aug 10 2015 2:30pm

Court document in full: Lawyer demands Game of Thrones-style ‘trial by combat’

New York sole practitioner attempts to resurrect ancient common law tradition

Aug 10 2015 10:01am

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

Aug 10 2015 9:23am

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

Aug 7 2015 11:04am

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

Aug 7 2015 9:28am

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

Aug 6 2015 4:06pm

Fact check: Oxbridge-obsessed chambers claims to be a ‘varied and diverse place’

20 Essex Street Chambers gets carried away on Twitter

Aug 6 2015 1:53pm

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

Aug 6 2015 11:28am

Trendy London law firm does its bit to tackle erectile dysfunction

Diversity recruitment agency announcement suggests Olswang has got into the good wood game

Aug 6 2015 9:32am

Ministry of Justice slaps penniless tramps with whopping court charges to bolster coffers

The desperate monetisation of Britain’s criminal justice system

Aug 5 2015 5:20pm

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

Aug 5 2015 2:23pm

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

Aug 5 2015 9:27am

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"

Aug 4 2015 11:03am

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

Aug 4 2015 9:33am

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

Aug 3 2015 4:25pm

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

Aug 3 2015 11:48am

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

Aug 3 2015 9:36am

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

Jul 31 2015 2:02pm

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

Jul 31 2015 11:29am

Herbert Smith Freehills keeps 34 out of 37 trainees

Elite City outfit posts 92% retention rate

Jul 31 2015 11:08am

Legal charity offers seven social welfare training contracts for second year running

Application process kicks off next week for positions across the UK

Jul 31 2015 9:33am