Category: News

Linklaters kicks off spring retention season with 94% result
49 out of 52 NQs to stay put

ULaw extends ‘money back’ offer to out-of-work LLM students
50% cash back plus 50% credit towards another course

MI5 issues warning about SRA-regulated solicitor working as ‘agent’ for Chinese Communist Party
Christine Lee, 58, runs a firm with offices in London and Birmingham

Linklaters narrows gender pay gap
Ethnicity pay and bonus gaps improve too

Liverpool John Moores law grad jailed over £1 million drugs trafficking conspiracy
Aspiring lawyer used alias 'Grapejuice' in encrypted chats

Human rights lawyer jailed for contempt after deliberate breach of High Court order
Judge slams Soophia Khan for 'defiance of her regulator'

National law firms Weightmans and RadcliffesLeBrasseur to merge
Due to go live March 2022

Meet the ULaw student sharing his hilarious law school struggles on TikTok
Jordon Goodman -- aka 'The Legal Northerner' -- takes light-hearted look at life on the LLB

New online course offers ‘behind the scenes’ look at the Supreme Court
Programme run in collaboration with Royal Holloway Uni

Get to grips with crypto and blockchain, top judge tells lawyers
Master of the Rolls says every member of the profession will require 'familiarity' with new technology

Top Apple lawyer earns 10 TIMES more than magic circle partners
Kate Adams took home nearly £20 million in total compensation last year

GDL providers take different approaches to exams in response to Omicron spread
Some students given 24 hours to submit each exam, while others have just 2 hours

NQ lawyer pay at Mayer Brown hits £105k
Rise for rookies too

Shoosmiths opens first international office
Brussels base comes in response to rise in EU work

Trainee solicitor gears up for aid mission to Syria
Brabners rookie Umar Tahir will distribute food and medical supplies to refugees

Travers Smith raises NQ lawyer salary to £100k
Rises for trainees and other associate ranks

Travers boosts vac scheme pay by nearly 70% as it looks to get students back into the office this summer
£750 to cover week's expenses

LawTuber gives snapshot of life as a magic circle trainee
Vlogger Liam Porritt gives insights into his training contract one year in -- including why the dispute resolution department is the most 'Suits-esque' in nature

Willkie Farr increases NQ lawyer pay to £145k in London
Trainee salaries up too

Irish solicitor becomes unexpected TikTok star
Richard Grogan dishes out employment law advice to 100k+ followers

Pandemic has little impact on LPC pass rates, stats show
Exam deferrals more than doubled