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Don’t launch solicitor super-exam during a global pandemic

Durham Uni Law School chief urges regulator to postpone SQE

Apr 7 2020 10:43am
Coronavirus has got nothing on the 2008 financial crisis, says ex-Clifford Chance boss

Tony Williams reckons the pandemic is less of a threat to law firms than the crash

Apr 7 2020 9:18am
Lawyers lead country as Raab steps in for hospitalised PM and Starmer wins Labour crown

Ex-Links associate and Doughty Street barrister in the spotlight

Apr 6 2020 11:07am
Trainees flock home to mum and dad amid coronavirus pandemic

Be a magic circle hotshot from your childhood bedroom

Apr 6 2020 9:22am
Video: Legal life before and after COVID-19

From City law to social distancing

Apr 3 2020 1:50pm
‘Will coronavirus cost me my magic circle TC?’

I’m due to start in August 2022

Apr 3 2020 11:14am

30% of pupillage places in limbo, COVID-19 survey finds

Barrister hopefuls face anxious wait

Apr 3 2020 10:34am
Norton Rose Fulbright asks lawyers to work four-day week in response to virus crisis

Global giant adopted similar measures during 2008-9 financial crisis

Apr 2 2020 7:55pm
Careers

COVID-19: What it means for aspiring lawyers

Commercial insights and careers advice courtesy of four experts

Apr 2 2020 2:44pm
LSE law student drafts ‘Zoom Class Act 2020’ as lectures go online

Hung on her bedroom door

Apr 2 2020 11:16am
Law under lockdown: Junior lawyers share their home-working experiences

Some love it, some not so much…

Apr 2 2020 9:12am
Cambridge Uni law students express ‘serious concern’ over COVID-19 exam plans

Some undergrads won’t be given formal 2:2, 2:1 and first classifications under current proposals

Apr 1 2020 3:40pm

Journal

Virus pandemic: Why the UK must release immigration detainees

The detention of migrants who do not pose a risk is dangerous, callous and illegal, argues Oxford University PPE student James Cox

Apr 1 2020 12:51pm
Get supermarket staff to witness your legal docs during lockdown, says law firm

Does COVID-19 advice miss the mark?

Apr 1 2020 10:10am
Vlogging magic circle trainee reflects on life in lockdown

‘I’ve lost freedom, structure and purpose’

Mar 31 2020 9:35am
Nottingham Trent Uni waives law student accommodation fees

Coronavirus: But uni’s vice chancellor slams private third-party housing providers refusing to cancel rent costs

Mar 30 2020 12:18pm
Further top law firms confirm spring vacation scheme suspensions

Clyde & Co, Gowling WLG, Burges Salmon, Stephenson Harwood and TLT

Mar 30 2020 11:00am
Lawyers working from home urged to donate commute savings to COVID-19 charities

Herbert Smith Freehills associate says City professionals are inadvertently saving up to 13 quid a day

Mar 30 2020 9:16am

Over half of courts to close in battle against coronavirus

A network of 157 priority courts will remain open to ensure justice system continues to operate effectively, MoJ says

Mar 27 2020 2:14pm
Home-working Serjeants’ Inn QC drafts hilarious ‘legal notice’ to kids

Prompting other lawyer parents to do the same

Mar 27 2020 11:51am