Category: News
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey quits HSF advisory role amid MPs second jobs row
PM proposes rules banning political consultancy gigs
BARBRI encourages STEM students to bring their skills to the legal profession with new full SQE1 scholarship
Science, technology, engineering and maths students offered chance to claim SQE law conversion course award
Allen & Overy picks new City HQ
Move date of 2027
Ex-Love Islander sets sights on career as criminal lawyer
From Boohoo brand deals to legal aid work for St Mary's Uni law grad Tyler Cruickshank?
New law school launches conversion course at quarter the price of GDL
College of Legal Practice offering readies non-law grads for SQE prep
Barristers fall out over Middle Temple LGBTQ+ qualifying session
Huge trans rights row divides the bar
DLA Piper partner becomes City of London Lord Mayor
Vincent Keaveny 'delighted and honoured' to take up role
‘There are people who might not want Kim Kardashian to become a lawyer’, says Kanye West
Rapper makes claim on new podcast
Trowers takes ‘appropriate steps’ after trainee is ‘assaulted’ while serving notices on squatters
City firm says safety and wellbeing of staff is 'absolutely paramount'
Reed Smith joins NQ salary war with 19% boost to £107.5k
Juniors billing 2,000+ hours will earn £132.5k
Sussex Uni and Covington join forces to launch pro bono clinic for performing arts charities
Staffed by law students
Clifford Chance joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ lawyer pay to £107.5k
Matches moves by A&O and Links
Walker Morris increases trainee numbers by a quarter
Follows big TC jump at CMS earlier this summer
City firms to offer part-time training contracts for disabled aspiring lawyers
Eversheds Sutherland and Osborne Clarke are hiring for 2024 entry
ULaw appoints academic management heavyweight as new CEO
Professor Craig Mahoney has held top roles at a host of universities
Akin Gump boosts trainee pay 14% to £62.5k
Year one rookies now on £57.5k
Lottery scammers pretend to work for Simmons & Simmons
Regulator issues alert 🚨
Is it all over for law firm freebies?
17 law firms pledge greener trainee recruitment practices, possibly spelling end for law student-coveted merch
White & Case boosts NQ salaries to £140k
Trainee pay rises too
Bar report: Ethnic minorities find it harder to secure pupillage
'There is a need to tone down your blackness' during interviews, one junior barrister told researchers