Category: News
Disbarment for barrister who asked fellow lawyer to lie about sex assault
Handed suspended sentence earlier this year
Don’t scrap the bar aptitude test, urges Bar Council. Up the pass mark instead
BSB mulls ditching entry exam after report found fewer than 1% of wannabe barristers fail to pass it
Top law professors pen letter in support of academic freedom
Intervention follows student protests targeting philosophy prof Kathleen Stock
BARBRI tests commercial awareness and creative thinking with new full SQE1 scholarship
What do you think the law firm of the future will look like?
Abertay law grad sues uni over probe into ‘offensive’ gender comments
Lisa Keogh was cleared of wrongdoing but is now taking legal action for 'stress caused at the most crucial part of my university career'
First practising female barrister commemorated with London blue plaque
Lady Hale unveiled the historical marker
Dechert boosts trainee salaries to £50k and £55k
Rises of up to 11% 💷
Fund legal aid training contracts and pupillages, MPs and peers urge government
Cross-party group call on SRA to include social welfare modules in new SQE
Law firm partner workloads increase as remote working makes it more difficult to delegate to juniors and trainees, survey finds
Many outfits report rise in chargeable hours, especially at senior levels
Lawyers pound the pavements for charity
Over 8,000 walkers went the distance at yesterday's London Legal Walk
NQ solicitor pay hits £140k at Cleary Gottlieb
Trainees handed substantial rises of £7,500
Ex-Eversheds trainee who sexually assaulted two sleeping students at house party jailed for 8 years
Attacked law student before groping another woman while she slept
Osborne Clarke picks BPP to prepare future trainees for SQE
First cohort starts September 2024
Secure your place: The November UK Virtual Law Fair 2021
Meet 70 law firms, including all the Magic Circle and leading US firms’ London offices, international firms, and national firms across the UK
Viral TikTok of law student who continued moot comp despite passing out prompts debate over profession’s focus on resilience
Commenters warn of the dangers of 'glamourising' work ethic at the cost of health
Magic circle pay war: A&O matches Linklaters with £107.5k NQ lawyer salary
Trainee pay also up
Womble Bond aims to run all offices on renewable energy by 2026
International law firm latest to set net zero target 🍃
College of Legal Practice strikes SQE training deal with Solent Law School
Tie-up will see super-exam prep offered as optional LLB module
From The Gherkin to Gotham: Kirkland & Ellis to leave iconic London home after 15 years
US titan strikes deal on new 'Gotham City' skyscraper
Paul Hastings launches year-long legal innovation internship
Tie-up with Queen Mary University