Category: News

Elite law firms unite to help victims of domestic abuse secure protective injunctions

'DARA' is staffed by pro bono lawyers from Travers Smith, Debevoise, Gibson Dunn, HogLovs, Latham, Reed Smith and Slaughters

Feb 15 2022 9:14am
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Squires boosts London NQ lawyer pay to £95k

Rises in regions too

Feb 14 2022 3:43pm
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Swelling junior lawyer salaries ‘only a sticking plaster’, Sir Nigel Knowles warns

DWF chief calls on law firms to find better incentives to retain talent

Feb 14 2022 11:32am
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Supreme Court starts hunt for two new justices

Follows retirement of Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden

Feb 11 2022 11:04am
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Addleshaw Goddard merges with Irish law firm

Deal expected to close by 1 March

Feb 10 2022 10:20am
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Hill Dickinson replaces TCs with apprenticeships in training shake-up

New graduate pathway sees aspiring lawyers juggle legal work with SQE studies at ULaw

Feb 10 2022 9:20am
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Barrister fined for calling opposition lawyer a ‘hysterical woman’

Feliks Jerzy Kwiatkowski told disciplinary tribunal that women being more emotional is 'biological fact'

Feb 9 2022 1:57pm
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Law firms could face action over ‘unreasonable’ lawyer workloads, SRA warns

Solicitors' watchdog says firms should do all they reasonably can to protect staff wellbeing

Feb 9 2022 11:01am
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HSF and White & Case reveal spring trainee retention scores

Global law firms both retain 83% of March qualifying cohort

Feb 9 2022 9:24am

Clifford Chance could cut Canary Wharf office space

Re-evaluation comes as firms continue to embrace flexi-working

Feb 8 2022 11:32am
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Queen’s law firm embraces solicitor apprenticeships

Farrer & Co to welcome first cohort this autumn

Feb 8 2022 9:25am
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High-flying media lawyer acting for ex-MI6 Trump dossier author disbarred for faking High Court order

Nicola Cain also submitted witness statement for client Christopher Steele without authorisation

Feb 7 2022 11:40am
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Trainee solicitor reveals it took her 17 years to secure a training contract

Rawa Hussain's inspirational LinkedIn post went viral, racking up hundreds of congratulatory messages

Feb 4 2022 11:33am
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Bird & Bird ups NQ lawyer pay by £17k

Base rate of £88k

Feb 4 2022 11:02am
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Big law firms lag behind on partner diversity, SRA reports

Outfits with 50+ partners have fewer BAME and female partners than smaller firms

Feb 3 2022 9:02am
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Clifford Chance retains 70% of spring qualifying trainees

Final magic circle firm to reveal 2022 score

Feb 2 2022 12:40pm
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news SQE Hub

Students forced to queue for hours to book SQE exam

Wait times of up to two hours as online booking system opened this week

Feb 2 2022 11:01am
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Paul Hastings pumps NQ pay to over £141k

Rises for rookies too

Feb 2 2022 10:00am
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