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Big law firms lag behind on partner diversity, SRA reports
Outfits with 50+ partners have fewer BAME and female partners than smaller firms
Over two-thirds of law applicants are female
UCAS data shows almost one in ten of all applications are for law
One in six young barristers want to quit, new report finds
Workloads and mental health among reasons for ditching the wig and gown
‘Toxic work culture’ impacting productivity, say half of legal workers
New research finds nearly two fifths feel less engaged with their roles as a result
This is how Instagram influencer pay stacks up against City law firm partners
Ex-Love Islander Olivia Bowen made the same money as a Mayer Brown partner last year
Pandemic has little impact on LPC pass rates, stats show
Exam deferrals more than doubled
Polite lawyers are actually the most aggressive, research finds
Saying ‘respect’ in court can in fact mean ‘disrespect’
Lawyers at risk of ‘burnout, breakdown, or leaving profession’
More than 7 out of 10 legal workers claim their job negatively impacts mental health, new research finds
Lawyers out-earn doctors and dentists with £93k average salary
Chief execs top 2021 earnings table with £131k, new stats show
Revealed: Law firms’ average start work and finish times 2021-22
Legal Cheek exclusive research shows how the average working hours for junior lawyers have fared in the face of changing work arrangements
Revealed: The extreme working hours of big-paying US law firms in London
Some junior lawyers are finishing work after 11pm most nights
Over two-thirds of lawyers have suffered mental ill-health
Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare calls for profession-wide change in new report
Big law firms love LinkedIn and YouTube, research finds
Twitter not so much
From picnics to kebabs: lawyers car eating habits revealed in new research
Over a quarter dine in their vehicles daily
Male solicitors four times more likely to appear before disciplinary tribunal
Despite fairly even gender split in profession
Quarter of junior lawyers expect to work from the office full-time after ‘Freedom Day’
WFH guidance to be dropped on 19 July
Aspiring lawyers divided over career in legal aid
40% of students would not consider publicly funded work, new poll shows, as legal aid group launches new survey to find out why
Cambridge law grads out-earn those at LSE, UCL and Oxford with average salary of £69,400
Five years post-graduation
New report reveals practice areas most and least impacted by pandemic
Downturn in areas including litigation, property and immigration, while employment, commercial, tax, and risk & compliance thrive
LPC provider pass rates vary from 100% to just 23%, latest figures show
SRA annual report reveals ‘significant differences’ among anonymised law schools