Author: Aishah Hussain

Freshfields and Slaughters follow Clifford Chance in upping LPC maintenance grants by a quarter
Future trainees to receive £12,500 in financial support

Meet the Romani trainee solicitor shining a light on the challenges faced by his community
Fil Sys would hide his ethnicity when applying for training contracts but now hopes to challenge stereotypes by launching a new support group, he tells us on International Roma Day

Cleary Gottlieb criticised for charging out top lawyers at £1,131 an hour
‘No justification at all’ for eye-watering rate, rules Lord Justice Males

World law school rankings: Top 20 spots for LSE, UCL, King’s and Edinburgh
Harvard beats Oxbridge -- again

Dentons and ULaw launch separate SQE pathways for paralegals
Law firm and law school giants to help legal workers qualify as solicitors

WFW partner named as British man killed by landslide alongside youngest son
Firm says it will remember and honour 'dear friend and colleague' Mehraab Nazir, 49, who had been hiking in Australia

SQE assessment fees to increase by £135
Cost rise comes despite delays and technical issues affecting January results day

Give pupillage seekers better feedback, urge rookie barristers
Respondents to Bar Council survey also call on chambers to ditch rejection by silence

Lady Danbury dropped out of law school
Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh left UWE Bristol after two years to pursue acting career, reports claim

Clifford Chance reports ‘class pay gap’
Magic circle firm discloses average difference in pay for staff from working, intermediate and professional backgrounds for first time

Flexi-lawyer service launches in-house focused SQE pathway
Paralegals able to accrue two years' QWE at LOD client businesses

Top UK judges quit Hong Kong
Supreme Court says it can't continue to endorse administration which has 'departed from values of political freedom'

Freshfields narrows gender pay gap for third year
Ethnicity, disability and LGBTQ+ results also improve

Barrister sanctioned over tweet about Muslims wins appeal
Jon Holbrook had been fined £500

Law Society pushes for law to be part of school curriculum
Children should know their rights, says president I. Stephanie Boyce

Why I quit the London office of a US law firm to pursue my passion for beekeeping
'The pandemic made me realise that I wanted more than just to be at my desk,' says Michael Walsh, a former Covington & Burling associate who founded The Urban Apiarist last year 🐝

Barrister gives birth after leaving Supreme Court in taxi
Amy Stout was 37.5 weeks pregnant

Excitement builds ahead of this evening’s Legal Cheek Awards
In-person extravaganza to feature special guest appearances from Attorney General Suella Braverman QC MP, Love Island finalist Tyler Cruickshank and X Factor and Celebrity Big Brother star Katie Waissel

Trainee numbers dipped 11% in first year of pandemic, new stats show
Prior to lockdown, TCs were at their highest level since the 2008 financial crash

Legal recruiters help displaced Ukrainian lawyers find jobs
Fides Search operates new initiative on 'no fee' basis