Category: News

HSF expands Belfast trainee solicitor programme
Six trainees to start in September 2023 as firm looks to recruit externally for first time

Number of law graduates hits record high
Some 18,927 students graduated with law degrees last year, while the number of solicitors on the roll also hit unprecedented levels

Sidley keeps 10 out of 12 London NQs
New recruits start on £159,500

Addleshaws selects new City HQ
Relocation scheduled for 2024

Glasgow leapfrogs Oxford in latest law school rankings
Cambridge tops table

US trio boost junior City lawyer pay
Exclusive: Rises at Dechert, MoFo and Sidley Austin

Are lawyers’ poor writing skills the reason contracts are so hard to read?
Quite possibly, say researchers

Barrister who raped woman he met on Tinder jailed for four years
Educational law specialist Robin Jacobs must register as a sex offender for life

Top City firms must do more to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’
Don't prioritise profits over the planet, 150 leading lawyers warn in open letter

AI creativity machine to have its day in Supreme Court
Decision likely to come next year

Garden Court barrister threatened with arrest if he wrote ‘not my King’ on blank sheet of paper
Footage of incident goes viral

TLT sets science-based 2040 net-zero target
New green goals 'in recognition of the urgency of the global climate crisis'

Ex-Doughty Street barrister fined for ‘offensive’ tweets aimed at colleague
Daniel Bennett resigned from top human rights set in 2019 after link to anonymous account was revealed

Gowling WLG eyes Leeds launch
Move will strengthen housing and regeneration practice, says firm

Lawyers enter new era of KCs and Rex v. criminal prosecutions
Move from QC to KC effective immediately

Crimes committed in pursuit of principles may not harm your career, according to new SRA guidance
Regulator to show “broad discretion”

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Raab’s legacy project Bill of Rights Bill shelved
New Justice Sec also agrees to meet with striking criminal barristers

Hogan Lovells announces 83% trainee retention rate
19 out of 23

Womble Bond Dickinson ups NQ pay to £78,000
Rises in the regions too