Category: News
Research: lawyers most sought after profession for affairs because they’re good liars and pay attention to detail
Solicitors and barristers in hot demand on infidelity dating websites
Student rage as hackers seize control of beloved law meme Facebook page
Hell hath no fury like a law student deprived of their memes
Legal pic of the day
Anti-cycling ad featuring barrister offends everyone
Another woman is now in charge of a top City law firm
Ascent of Berwin Leighton Paisner's Lisa Mayhew offers hope to female corporate lawyers
The Bar Council is giving junior barristers thousands of pounds to go to international conferences — apply here!
Up to £2,500 per barrister available to fund flights, hotels and other costs arising from participation in conferences abroad
‘Unexploited’ legal market gives lawyers chance to escape grind and become tech entrepreneurs
Corporate lawyer founder of Silicon Roundabout legal start-up on how he secured £260K investment -- and why he sees market primed with opportunity for solicitors and barristers
Grayling Magna Carta party latest — win raffle to open a bridge
Highlight of Ministry of Justice’s controversial Global Law Summit to be a bottleneck of traffic in east London
Legal pic of the day
Popcorn: also works well in law lectures
Bar is ‘fantastic’ for working parents says Ed Miliband’s wife — but her chambers has just 17% women QCs
Justine Thornton's ringing endorsement of "family-friendly" bar not backed up by stats
Herbert Smith Freehills and Reed Smith both post retention rates of over 90%
International City giants will hang on to 93% and 91% of their trainees
Guilty until proven innocent? Ministry of Justice mistakenly reverses the burden of proof
Top legal tweeters Mukul Chawla QC and David Allen Green call out MoJ
Legal pic of the day
Fear in a handful of dust …
Junior lawyer battles food waste living on a pound a day for charity
Corporate law specialist at Trethowans in one-woman challenge against modern world laziness
Magic circle giant Allen & Overy is retaining 93% of its trainees
Yet another strong retention rate suggests that firms may finally be able to stop slashing training contract numbers
Twitter shock at barrister’s triple ‘C-bomb’
Is senior junior at 1 Gray's Inn Square the most foul-mouthed lawyer on Twitter?
An intellectual property firm has nicked a corporate law firm’s name
Isn't this ironic
Legal pic of the day
That guilty look
Freshfields first in magic circle to release trainee retention rate, with 85% staying on
Figure is a 5% boost over last year as 44 newly-qualifying lawyer are set to pick up £67,500 starting salaries
Tadpoles and pigs play key role in high street law firm paralegal hiring policy
"Insult to intelligence" critical reasoning test pivotal in determining whether you’re up to the task of checking land registry searches at west country solicitors’ firm
11 New Year’s resolutions that law students have already given up on
Ain't nobody got time for that
Morning round-up: Thursday 29 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts