Lockdown
‘I completed my training contract remotely while pregnant’
Skylar McKeith reflects on an ‘eventful’ past year and a half
Junior lawyer mental health hit hardest by lockdown, research reveals
When compared with WFH experience of senior solicitors
10 things law students can look forward to in the post-pandemic world
You’ll never take your law school for granted again
Lockdown issues trigger rise in calls to lawyer wellbeing helpline
Stress and anxiety among top concerns, LawCare stats show
Lawyers left stunned after ex-Supreme Sumption tells cancer sufferer her life is ‘less valuable’ on national TV
Former top judge insists comment was taken out of context
From dreaded commutes to ironing shirts: Lawyers reveal what they don’t miss about office life
Lockdown’s ‘silver linings’
City law firms increase lawyer leave in light of lockdown 3.0
‘Lockdown leave’ schemes aimed at working parents and carers
Furloughed solicitor launches lockdown cookie business
Sarah King juggles baking sweet treats alongside criminal casework 🍪
Law firm opens virtual boozer featuring pool tables, beer garden and DJ booth
‘The Keystone Arms’ 💻🍺
December bar exams to go ahead as planned
BSB keeping assessments under ‘close review’ in wake of second lockdown
- Careers
What the second lockdown means for employment lawyers
Bryn Doyle, an employment partner at Squire Patton Boggs’ Manchester office, talks furlough and restructuring on the high street
Home-working: Older solicitors more likely to struggle with tech compared to younger colleagues, research finds
Do you know your Zoom from your Hangouts?
Magic circle partner reveals how home-working has changed his life for the better
A&O funds lawyer Paul Sampson says he can now have dinner with his wife and read his kids a bedtime story
A group of anonymous BPP students have published an open letter complaining about LPC lockdown ‘failures’
‘All concerns raised by students are taken seriously and dealt with using the processes stated in our regulations,’ says law school in response
Future City trainee goes public with concerns about doing training contract remotely
‘I struggle to see how this could truly be replicated virtually’
Family barristers star in Foo Fighters spoof music video
3PB’s eye-catching music video includes a dog dressed as an alien
ULaw and BPP confirm campuses will reopen this autumn
Temperature tests and other safety measures to combat virus spread will be put in place
‘We just love being lawyers’, sings CMS choir
The show must go on — even under lockdown
Over half of legal workers stressed about job hunting amid coronavirus
One in four have put their search on hold
Birkbeck Uni law graduate looks to privately prosecute Dominic Cummings for Durham trip
Mahsa Taliefar is seeking £300,000 in online fundraiser
Durham Uni law student tackles lockdown loneliness with charity chatline
‘Chit-chat’ by Lewis Alexander Baxter aims to ‘connect the nation through conversation’