Author: Aishah Hussain

Law Society renames ‘Old Bookshop’ in honour of first female solicitor
Prominent room will bear Carrie Morrison's name

BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000
Belt-tightening measures across the City continue

‘We just love being lawyers’, sings CMS choir
The show must go on -- even under lockdown

Boost pupillage numbers by building a WeWork-style co-working space on one of the Inn’s ‘grand gardens’, says aspiring barrister
She accepts it may be difficult to execute

A snapshot of trainee life at an international law firm
Baker McKenzie beyond the graduate recruitment brochure

British lawtech entrepreneur raises £9.6 million to fund ‘robot lawyer’ app
Joshua Browder's 'DoNotPay' has seen consumer demand skyrocket in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Black Solicitors Network urges law firm leaders to ‘walk the talk’ on diversity
'Turn positive intentions into positive action and create a level playing field for all,' group writes

Clifford Chance is latest magic circle firm to cut NQ solicitor pay
Follows moves made by Slaughters and A&O

Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%
COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease

COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online
Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms

Virtual Pride 2020: Law firms move celebrations online in light of COVID-19
Bingo, discos and virtual 'voguing' -- a lot is going on(line) in recognition of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies

Hogan Lovells cuts NQ pay and freezes salaries for some trainees
Exclusive: Second year rookies to remain on first year salaries

Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k
Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut

Over half of legal workers stressed about job hunting amid coronavirus
One in four have put their search on hold

Taylor Wessing furloughs lawyers and green lights flexi-working scheme
Bonus payments will be split into two instalments

Scottish universities outperform English counterparts in latest law school rankings
Oxbridge duo dominate top spots

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'

Top chambers postpone mini-pupillage schemes in response to COVID-19
But some sets are offering virtual minis and webinars

Squire Patton Boggs and Osborne Clarke move summer vacation schemes online
Law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption