Category: News

Metro Bank picks BARBRI to put future in-house lawyers through the SQE
Trainees will split their time studying and gaining QWE

Students unable to sit SQE exam after London test centre suffers ‘IT issue’
Aspiring lawyers report waiting hours before being told to go home

Travers Smith boosts trainee numbers by a third
From 30 TCs to a maximum of 40

Law firm to open bookshop and café to combat loneliness
gunnercooke's 'House of Books & Friends' will help fund projects and local charities

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Bar exams: Research highlights attainment gap between white and ethnic minority wannabe barristers
As Oxbridge grads clean up across the board

Big Four player PwC joins City firms in upping junior lawyer pay
Moves NQ rates to £90k

Bakers retains 14 of 16 autumn NQ solicitors
A score of 88%

Mishcon strikes SQE training deal with ULaw
Follows similar moves by Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and White & Case

Clifford Chance’s partner profits top £2 million for first time
MC player reports positive numbers despite "signs of a slowdown in some markets"

Battle of the gowns: Ede & Ravenscroft sees off competition claim
Legal attire specialist did not abuse dominant market position, tribunal finds

Fraud claim for millions in missing crypto launched by NFT in legal first
Assets are held on trust by crypto exchanges, judge finds

Exclusive: Linklaters decides against upping NQ lawyer pay — for now
Magic circle firm stresses pay remains under review

German law firm opens office in metaverse
Virtual reality TCs next?

Freshfields ups financial support for SQE trainees to £20,000
Maintenance grants reach record high

‘Pay criminal barristers properly’, says PM hopeful Nadhim Zahawi
New Chancellor wins place in next round of leadership contest, along with AG Braverman and law grad Badenoch

Bakers boosts NQ lawyer salaries to £110,000
City firms continue to up pay 📈

Bye bye, BCAT: Bar aptitude test to be ditched this month
No longer effective 'filter', says BSB