Category: News
Hill Dickinson replaces TCs with apprenticeships in training shake-up
New graduate pathway sees aspiring lawyers juggle legal work with SQE studies at ULaw
Barrister fined for calling opposition lawyer a ‘hysterical woman’
Feliks Jerzy Kwiatkowski told disciplinary tribunal that women being more emotional is 'biological fact'
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
HSF and White & Case reveal spring trainee retention scores
Global law firms both retain 83% of March qualifying cohort
Clifford Chance could cut Canary Wharf office space
Re-evaluation comes as firms continue to embrace flexi-working
DLA ups NQ lawyer pay: 95k in London, 65k in regions
Up by 8% and 35%
Queen’s law firm embraces solicitor apprenticeships
Farrer & Co to welcome first cohort this autumn
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
Eve Cornwell explains why she ‘quit dream job’ as magic circle lawyer
'My heart was never fully in it'
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
Bird & Bird ups NQ lawyer pay by £17k
Base rate of £88k
Big law firms lag behind on partner diversity, SRA reports
Outfits with 50+ partners have fewer BAME and female partners than smaller firms
Clifford Chance retains 70% of spring qualifying trainees
Final magic circle firm to reveal 2022 score
Students forced to queue for hours to book SQE exam
Wait times of up to two hours as online booking system opened this week
Paul Hastings pumps NQ pay to over £141k
Rises for rookies too
Revealed: The law firms with the best offices 2022
The results are in! Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey can reveal the law firms with the swankiest digs
Trowers increases London NQ pay to £77.5k
Rises for firm's regional rookies too
Over two-thirds of law applicants are female
UCAS data shows almost one in ten of all applications are for law
Mishcon delays stock market listing
IPO plans temporarily postponed amid market volatility
Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare sees spike in stress-related calls
Almost two-thirds of all contacts from trainee and junior lawyers