Author: Alex Aldridge
Hogan Lovells keeps 27 out of 29 qualifying trainees
Strong retention season continues
London’s megafirms train up youngsters in EU law as they boost Brexit teams
Teams of solicitors being assembled all over the City to advise on EU treaty renegotiation
Hull Uni law grad handed restraining order for hate campaign against lecturer who he blamed for training contract failure
Luke Harker's lawyer dream is surely now over
Research shows that top City law firms hardly recruit any trainees from their paralegals
But lots of pretty good other firms do
US firm that doesn’t offer TCs ups NQ pay to £99k in bid to net London’s best qualifying trainees
Quinn Emanuel puts money saved on training contracts towards associate pay
Charlotte Proudman leaves Twitter after relentless abuse from trolls
Young sexism row barrister deactivates account
Robots aren’t such a big threat to lawyers, say top academics
Predictions of solicitors and barristers' imminent demise are premature
Freshfields graduate recruitment website goes offline for ‘scheduled maintenance’ on firm’s TC application deadline day
Magic circle firm extends yesterday's deadline to 3pm today
Legal aid is a ‘basic human right’ not an ‘economic benefit’, says Jeremy Corbyn
Lawyers lap up Jezza
Male criminal hacks make way for female commercial barristers as Bar Council unveils new chiefs
All change in bar top doggery for 2016
Slaughter and May keeps 38 out of 40 qualifying trainees in first retention announcement of 2016
Magic circler hangs on to 95% of its rookies
Hogan Lovells promotes three former trainees to its five new London partner positions
There is hope for millennial lawyers yet
BPP GDL student to appear in court charged with murder
Carl Langdell, who launched his own law firm in August, suspected of killing teacher Katie Locke
Solicitor-advocate uses client’s Christmas jumper as advocacy tactic
"You can't send anyone to prison wearing that"
It’s all over for the pupillage-less BPTC graduates who started their own chambers
Farewell, "Boutique Barristers"
Lord Chancellor’s wife backs separate bedrooms because ‘over-familiarity is the enemy of intimacy’
Michael Gove's sex life hits the news
11KBW ups pupillage award from £55,000 to £65,000
But top commercial set still pays £7,500 less than most generous chambers
Now a sixth law firm is paying its newly qualified solicitors £100k
London office of Texas-based Vinson & Elkins joins the '100 club'
‘X-Factorish bollocks’: Bar Council slammed for endorsing junior barrister’s ‘Never give up!’ blog
UCL legal academic and top QC lead criticism of regulator for sharing touching story
Law firm with Netflix-inspired unlimited holiday allowance sees productivity increase
Most certainly not a way to guilt solicitors into taking less time off
Much-maligned Bar Course Aptitude Test put on hold while regulator conducts review
The 2016 BCAT won't open til March at the earliest