Category: News
LegalEdCon 2024: First batch of speakers announced
Law training experts join influencers, academics and mental health charity leader at Legal Cheek's annual in-person conference
Barrister Henry Hendron loses appeal against drug sentence
Jailed last year after trying to buy drugs from clients
EXCLUSIVE: Students who had TCs cancelled among those hit by Kaplan SQE blunder
Told they’d failed SQE1 when actually they'd passed
SQE1 pass rate climbs slightly amid marking error backlash
56% successfully navigated latest sitting
‘Omnishambles’: Law school bosses react to SQE exam fiasco
Mix of concern and anger
Exam chaos: Kaplan issues apology after 175 students wrongly told they’d failed SQE
Questions remain over whether blunder led to TC offer cancellations
Top family law firm Vardags erroneously obtained order for client’s divorce after ‘clicking the wrong button’
Sir Andrew McFarlane unpersuaded
Lady Chief Justice backs pro bono power list
Recognising efforts across the legal profession
Exclusive: A&O Shearman sets NQ solicitor pay at £125k
New Magic Circle mega-firm opts for Allen & Overy-level salaries
SQE exam fees to rise again amid student discontent
SRA says assessment 'continues to perform well'
Scrapping degree requirement will create more pupillage-less grads, Bar Council warns
Response to BSB proposals
Search for missing BPP law student continues
Aspiring lawyer Jack O’Sullivan disappeared on 2 March
City law chief advises firms to give lawyers workload ‘trigger warnings’
'Something very serious is going on' in the profession, says Colin Passmore
Ex-Supreme justices join top lawyers in urging UK government to reject calls for Israel arms embargo
Response to earlier letter calling for weapons ban
A&O and Shearman go LinkedIn official
Merger goes live next month
US law firm pokes fun at failed merger with A&O, drawing parallels to Royal rift and warm British beer
Newly-surfaced pics from 2022 O'Melveny event
Law students weigh in on firms’ treatment of SQE trainees
Some call for resits, others say rescinding TCs is the right call