Category: News
Magic Circle set Fountain Court boosts pupillage award to £80,000
War for talent continues
Spike in lawyers questioning their career choice
Majority of callers to wellbeing charity LawCare are trainee or junior
Forsters boosts NQ lawyer pay to £80k — also ups law school maintenance grants
£8k for both PGDL and SQE
Which practice area boasts the smartest lawyers?
Legal Cheek commenters spark debate
Rebuke for solicitor who made ‘lewd gesture’ at firm Christmas party
2017 incident caught on video
Suits out, sequins in! ‘Diva of Divorce’ Ayesha Vardag reveals new firm dress code which encourages lawyers to express themselves with gold leather trousers, scarlet Dr Martens and even pink hair
Inspired by extravagant private member's club in London's Mayfair
Over 700 solicitors admitted through new SQE route
Five exams now taken place, SRA reveals
8 out of 9 spring NQs stay put at Addleshaws
All permanent contracts
Judge tells Kanye West’s lawyers Greenberg Traurig to try harder to reach him
US firm had requested court's permission to use newspaper ads
Former junior lawyer goes public with decision to quit City law
Nina Pulimood recalls her journey into corporate law, then out again, and removing the 'safety blanket of financial stability'
BCLP offers lawyers ‘time-off bonuses’
New policy aims to encourage outside interests and family time; also sets aside hours for diversity and innovation
Sleuthing former Clifford Chance lawyer leaves Nadhim Zahawi fighting for his political life
Dan Neidle calls for former chancellor to apologise after he reportedly paid around £5 million to HMRC
Ashurst posts 84% spring retention score
16 out of 19
Disbarment for Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister
Timothy Crosland previously said leak of Heathrow runway ruling was necessary to 'protest the deep immorality' of the court’s decision
Clifford Chance posts 69% spring retention result
29 out of 42
Regulator mulls tweaking SQE to reflect Welsh law
Students may have to learn how and when to apply it
Kanye West’s lawyers Greenberg Traurig request court’s permission to use newspaper ads to tell him they quit
Top US firm unable to contact rapper
Civil servant who finished LLB in 2021 becomes country’s youngest judge at 29
Exclusive: Carlton Williams called to the bar just three months ago
US law firms in London outperform UK rivals thanks to focus on high margin work
Partners generate bigger profits 🤑