Tag: Law Society
Training contract numbers return to pre-financial crash levels for first time
Annual rookie registrations jump by over 500 to 6,344
Law Society: Lawyers could face physical attacks following Home Secretary speech
Priti Patel lashed out at 'lefty lawyers' and 'do-gooders' during conference address
Use government cash to fund training contracts, says Law Society
Chancery Lane lays out coronavirus recovery plan
Female solicitors three times more likely to face workplace discrimination
New Law Society survey also shines spotlight on stress
Law Society boosts recommended minimum pay for trainee solicitors by 1.9%
£22,541 in London and £19,992 elsewhere
Nearly a third of trainee solicitors paid below Law Society recommended minimum
Rookies in regions hit hardest
Lawtech could cull 35,000 legal roles by 2027, Law Society predicts
Secretaries hardest hit -- but lawyer numbers likely to rise
Junior lawyer numbers set to rocket following SQE roll-out, predicts Google-backed legal business chief
Super-exam also tipped as pro-diversity by legal entrepreneur
Legal profession launches gender equality pledge
Signatories commit to supporting women into top lawyer roles
MPs demand clampdown on lawyers who help bosses cover up sexual harassment
Regulators like the Law Society not doing enough on dodgy non-disclosure agreements, report says
‘Uncritical reliance’ on AI in criminal justice could lead to ‘wrong decisions’, says Law Society
Warning contained in new commission report
Ex-SRA exec slams ‘irrelevant’ Law Society
Organisation representing solicitors is doing a terrible job of it, former policy guru Crispin Passmore says
Men need to ‘step up and take responsibility’ for tackling profession’s gender imbalance problem
'They are a key part of the solution', says Law Society president
Law Society ups recommended trainee minimum salary by 2.6%
£22,121 in London and £19,619 elsewhere
Law Society warns justice system at ‘breaking point’ as it releases animated film following defendant’s ‘nightmare journey’ through courts
'Poor Peter' is accused of a crime he didn't commit
Young Legal Aid Lawyers: SRA must reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee pay
Enforceable salary requirements ditched by SRA in 2014
All firms should publish gender pay gap data, says Law Society
Current rules only require outfits with at least 250 employees to report figures
Law Society launches super-exam guide
But there are still plenty of unknowns
More than half of all new trainees are based in London
But training contract numbers remain static since last year
Regulate the robots? Law Society’s incoming president launches review
As Society appoints 'new' CEO following dramatic resignation of predecessor
Law Society recommends 3% boost to minimum trainee salary
£21,561 in London and £19,122 elsewhere -- but figures only guidance and not enforceable