Category: News

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'

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