Category: News

Lawyers analyse child’s ‘new room contract’ with 9-year-old sister
'Would a Haribo rent be a sensible consideration?'

HSF joins City pay war with £105k base NQ salary
Bonus on top

Legally Blonde 3 will follow Elle Woods juggling motherhood with legal career
She'll be in her 40s

BCLP and Mishcon raise London NQ lawyer pay
£95k and £83k

Labour reshuffle: Former law textbook publisher appointed shadow justice secretary
Steve Reed replaces David Lammy who is promoted to shadow foreign sec

Oxford v Cambridge moot debacle shows that even top law students make mistakes
Howlers on both sides in aftermath of face-off

Clydes and BLM in ‘early stage’ merger talks
Both firms tight-lipped on rumours

A not so magical Xmas: Linklaters and Slaughter and May cancel festive parties for second year
Magic circle firms opt for smaller bashes instead

25 Bedford Row barristers to star in new Channel 4 documentary
The Defenders airs from spring

UCL beats Harvard in top 10 world rankings for law
Stanford University comes first

Macfarlanes boosts NQ lawyer pay to £100k
Rises for rookies too

Legal profession excels in latest social mobility rankings
Over 30 law firms make 2021 list with Browne Jacobson ranking top

BCLP expands solicitor apprenticeship offering to Southampton
First intake September 2022

Freshfields launches fintech-focused virtual work experience programme
Students help fictitious client acquire crypto business

Fried Frank ups trainee pay to £55-£60k
Salaries more than double to £145.5k upon qualification

Barristers anger at Justice Sec’s selfie with roller-skating Xmas pud
Dominic Raab’s decision to send pre-recorded bar conference message (rather than attending in-person) has apparently not gone down well with lawyers

Former Thomson Reuters vice president takes top role at BARBRI
Lucie Allen will oversee SQE market growth

RPC offers £100k in free legal advice to ESG start-ups
International law firm to 'promote positive change in society'