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7 ways that being a law firm campus manager helps you to bag a vac scheme

Herbert Smith Freehills' outgoing campus managers told us how the role contributed to them securing spring and summer placements

Apr 27 2015 2:40pm

The Judge rules: lawyer websites — little more than worthy vanity publishing

A recent rash of online efforts from the legal profession should be praised for effort, but they won’t reach their supposed target audiences

Apr 24 2015 9:59am

Cambridge law grads are the biggest earners in the legal profession

Light blues outstrip ancient rivals Oxford by £7,000, while LSE comes second and even the Scots get a look in

Apr 23 2015 3:37pm

5 bad things about being a City lawyer that nobody tells you about

Anonymous London solicitor Corporate Drone goes where the graduate recruitment brochures definitely do not

Apr 23 2015 9:26am

Former watchdog tells legal execs to battle traditional lawyers for top judicial posts

Controversial plea from the ex-chairwoman of Bar Standards Board is bound agitate current barrister and solicitor leaders

Apr 22 2015 2:50pm

Morning round-up: Wednesday 22 April

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Apr 22 2015 8:06am

Morning round-up: Thursday 16 April

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Apr 16 2015 7:54am

Law student hero of University Challenge has already bagged a pupillage

Cambridge Uni third year Ted Loveday secured £60,000 position with Maitland Chambers last month

Apr 15 2015 1:19pm

16 reasons why Doughty Street’s Tunde Okewale is the most followed barrister on Instagram

Amal Clooney's chambers colleague is rocking the Insta-verse

Apr 14 2015 9:32am

The Judge Rules: Why the Law Society won’t stick up for solicitor-advocates

A Bar Council report flayed solicitor-advocates for being rubbish and Chancery Lane sat on its hands -- all because it needs to keep barristers on side in the war to save criminal legal aid

Apr 10 2015 12:18pm

City law firm associates and partners set to coin it in looming salary war

Survey of top 100 practices shows major threat to profits in battle for top talent against backdrop of continuing client pressure on fees

Apr 9 2015 12:33pm

Wig for sale on the cheap: one witchdoctor former owner

Freshly-called lawyers could save a few quid by picking up second hand horsehair that a bogus witchdoctor is flogging after £1 million swindling spree

Mar 25 2015 9:59am

A lawyer is backing a terrifying law to enforce public execution of gay people

Quirks in California’s referendum system have allowed the promotion of a dangerously homophobic bill, as local politicians call for lawyer proponent to be struck off

Mar 24 2015 12:19pm

Research: Two thirds of lawyers say the job has failed to live up to expectations

After the battle to secure training contracts and pupillages, anti-climax often awaits

Mar 23 2015 9:06am

Lawyer fleeced for best part of €250,000 from client account in a scam as old as (Nigerian) hills

Irish high court stops short of striking off Dublin solicitor because he was depressed -- and paid the cash back

Mar 20 2015 3:13pm

Lawyer becomes good news internet sensation after leaving $25k tip for tooth decay waiter

US personal injury lawyer strikes marketing gold

Mar 19 2015 4:10pm

Hogan Lovells to sponsor undergrads in tie-up with LSE, York and Durham

Exclusive: Global law firm to award first and second years up to £18,000 in bid to broaden access to profession

Mar 19 2015 9:43am

Morning round-up: Thursday 19 March

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Mar 19 2015 8:22am

The law firm-funded LLM: Norton Rose Fulbright to sponsor Queen Mary masters places

Global giant extends funding beyond GDL and LPC costs to LLM fees

Mar 18 2015 12:36pm

Legal Cheek meets the first person to do the paralegal shortcut

Shaun Lawler tells Alex Aldridge about how he's set to become one of the first four LPC graduates in the country to become a solicitor without doing a training contract

Mar 17 2015 9:00am

Outer Temple boosts pupillage cash by 40% triggering fears of award inflation

London set leapfrogs rivals as it charges near to top of national league table in remuneration for baby barristers

Mar 16 2015 10:42am