Category: News
How old Supreme Court judges look vs how old they really are
New website determines your age by analysing your image -- and there are mixed results for our Supreme Court judges
Burges Salmon retains all 24 of its trainees and repeats pledge to boost graduate hiring
Good times in Brizzle
Ex-managing partner of Travers Smith quits City law to become a teacher
From profit per equity partner of £882,000 to rather less teaching A-level students
A lido for lawyers: Crowdfunding bid launched to create floating swimming pool opposite Temple
As criminal bar struggles to stay afloat, £10 million plan unveiled to build epic bathing facilities in Inns of Court section of River Thames
Slaughter and May leaps to top of magic circle newly-qualified pay pile
King of the establishment firm hits psychologically important £70k mark, but still trails well behind Yanks in City
Solicitor numbers rocket by 20% in face of tough economic climate
When will the bubble burst? There are 190% more practising today than 30 years ago
ULaw cuts surprise deal to revive Exeter’s GDL and LPC
Initiative kicks off this September and will see vocational courses back at west country law school for first time in nearly a decade
12 party leaders’ faces that law students can instantly relate to
Politicians and law students -- they have more in common than you might think
Morning round-up: Thursday 30 April
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
University of Law tight-lipped over BPTC launch for Leeds and Manchester
So-called northern powerhouse cities already have 285 bar courses on offer -- and only 26 pupillage places
Clifford Chance outstrips rivals in bid to field most charity walkers
Law firms can’t resist competing with each other -- even over charity events, as a league table currently being updated on social media graphically illustrates
Litigant-in-person files notice to ‘f*ck this court and everything it stands for’
This expletive-fuelled -- but strangely nearly cogent -- notice to a US federal court judge may be the rudest official legal document ever
Law firm charges wannabe solicitors thousands for homemade diploma and internship
Exclusive: The very expensive fortnight may leave students in more debt and still jobless
Star Wars fighters do battle above lawyer heads in Manchester
Office block lobby in building that houses three leading law firms has been turned into dreamland for the film’s addicts
Twitter outpouring as R v Brown dissenting judge dies
Lord Mustill stood up for the right of consenting adults to get involved in a spot of painful S&M -- but he was on the losing side
9 hateful Daily Mail comments about lawyers prompted by the illegal cycling of Justine Thornton
Further proof that Mail readers really, really hate lawyers
Pupillage places slip below the 400 mark for the first time
Training contracts tumbled yesterday, now it’s the turn of wannabe barristers to face bad news …
Election latest: some voters aren’t that sold on lawyer candidates
One Tory newbie barrister in standing in Hampshire, and our old friend the former telly producer turned Justice Secretary come in for flack
Official figures: training contracts plummet by 12.5% over last decade
Tough conditions for wannabe solicitors continues -- as stats show London tightens grip on training contract market
Exposed: another possible supermarket case of outrageous passing off
Will the intellectual property law teams at two supermarket giants leap into their panda cars to clamp down on these cheeky independents?
Cambridge law students claim they’re being hit on by ‘predatory’ solicitors and barristers
Student paper Varsity lifts lid on unwelcome advances made during graduate recruitment events