Category: News
Barrister, 34, becomes youngest ever minority ethnic Crown Court judge
Ayesha Smart hopes appointment will dispel myth that 'judges have to be more senior, come from a privileged background or gone to Oxbridge'
Future pupil barrister ‘overwhelmed’ by crowdfunding success
Lewis Dean raises over ten grand towards bar course
Top lawyer goes public with decision to walk away from ‘BigLaw partnership’ offers
'I am stepping off the hamster wheel,' writes Eli Albrecht in viral LinkedIn post
Osborne Clarke unveils 2040 net-zero target
Green goal backed by science
Exclusive: Freshfields increases number of training contracts to 100
Magic Circle firm becomes joint-second largest provider following London office growth
Fieldfisher launches in Austria
Opportunity for UK juniors to spend time in Vienna as part of their professional development
ITV calls on top Blackstone barrister to investigate Schofield affair
Jane Mulcahy KC will review the network's records and consider whether its current policies need to change
Student born in jail to study law at Harvard
Sky Castner's application reportedly began 'I was born in prison'
US lawyer apologises after using fake cases made by ChatGPT
AI limitations exposed
BCLP becomes latest City firm to boost support for new lawyer parents
Follows similar move by Clydes
Bristows to open Dublin office
Ensures access to new patent court opening next month
Skadden requires lawyers to attend office four days a week
US firm modifies work policy, which applies globally, including London
The latest law firm must-have — sustainable office space
Living walls, solar panels, bug hotels and more
Ban for paralegal who transferred client money to her sister
Also diverted funds to herself
UK law school launches SQE prep in India
The College of Legal Practice targets lawyers seeking dual qualification
Training contract holder awarded four weeks’ pay after firm changed employment terms
Told to work in another office location than was agreed
Hogan Lovells ups NQ pay to £120k in London and £75k in Birmingham
Boosts of 12% and 7%
Bar Council elects first Black vice chair
Barbara Mills KC starts in the role from January 2024
A&O and Shearman merger will put ‘pressure’ on Magic Circle, says former Slaughters chief
Rivals may wonder how to 'ratchet up their US strategy in response'
Pinsents’ former comms chief dies at 40
Fred Banning was diagnosed with cancer in 2020