Tag: Solicitors

Durham student rape acquittal sparks talk of criminal law reform

Should we bring back anonymity for accused rapists?

Jan 14 2016 12:33pm

DLA Piper associate offers training contract ‘coaching’ and ‘guidance’ at £40 an hour

Edinburgh based lawyer and former White & Case trainee sells application advice online

Jan 14 2016 9:45am

Nosy bosses CANNOT read your private WhatsApp conversations due to ECHR ruling

Reporters can't resist getting a human rights story wrong

Jan 13 2016 4:22pm

Top judge calls for lawyerless courts

Bad news for law students

Jan 13 2016 12:28pm

Hilarious parody video mocks privileged white law graduate

Short comical clip mimics a recent Western Sydney University ad involving Sudanese refugee law graduate

Jan 13 2016 11:37am

The solicitors who quit the City to work in sexy areas of law

Get a TC, get some money and then get out to do crime and media work

Jan 13 2016 9:42am

‘I’m a disillusioned science PhD: should I do the GDL?’

Career salvation as a lawyer, potentially...

Jan 12 2016 2:19pm

Trowers & Hamlins improves on poor autumn trainee retention performance

Period of unpredictable retention rates continues for national firm as it posts an 88% spring 2016 result

Jan 12 2016 12:13pm

Co-op training contract freeze continues despite expansion

Hype of "100 training contracts a year by 2017" a distant memory

Jan 12 2016 11:18am

Daily Mail hate against lawyers reaches unprecedented levels

National newspaper enraged by solicitors “hounding” of British troops

Jan 11 2016 3:11pm

Labour’s top lawyer quits citing ‘increasingly negative path’ under Jeremy Corbyn

Shadow attorney general Catherine McKinnell has resigned -- Karl Turner replaces her

Jan 11 2016 1:02pm

BPP law student charged with murder appears in court — but does not enter plea

GDL student's next hearing scheduled for March

Jan 11 2016 8:59am

Magic circle firm Linklaters reveals what staff parties were like over 100 years ago

Historic image shows top City lawyers of the time enjoying a lavish dinner -- and there's not a woman in sight

Jan 8 2016 2:24pm

Social mobility charity’s ‘Model Law Commission’ gets students thinking about what being a lawyer actually means

Big Voice London aims to bring people who see the world differently into the profession

Jan 8 2016 12:14pm

Robots aren’t such a big threat to lawyers, say top academics

Predictions of solicitors and barristers' imminent demise are premature

Jan 8 2016 9:13am

Beyond the brochure: Five things you learn at a law firm open day

Nothing beats going somewhere in person

Jan 6 2016 3:03pm

Iraq abuse inquiry firm comes out swinging against Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal referral

Leigh Day says challenges against MoD are an important check and balance

Jan 6 2016 12:36pm

Law student launches his own ‘law practice’ — and charges himself out at £25 an hour

Entrepreneurial rookie bids to fill legal aid gap and earn cash

Jan 6 2016 9:27am