Author: Alex Aldridge

Allen & Overy moves forward training contract deadline to New Year’s Eve in bid to bag top students

Taylor Wessing also has a new earlier deadline as old graduate recruitment code is ditched

Oct 7 2015 5:50pm

Law student wins landmark privacy case against Facebook and is congratulated by Edward Snowden

Vienna University's Max Schrems has created a piece of EU law in his spare time

Oct 7 2015 10:53am

Chambers Most List 2016: More money flows to the expanding Oxbridge elite

79% of rookie barristers at the top 50 chambers went to Oxford or Cambridge

Oct 7 2015 10:01am

Barristerspeak: A guide for students

'Secret Barrister' reveals what members of the bar are actually on about

Oct 6 2015 3:39pm

Bar chief says young barristers ‘unable to fulfil potential’ as law reporters launch scholarship for skint pupils

Law reporting charity chips in with some cash for legal aid rookies

Oct 6 2015 11:24am

Firms Most List 2016: US hyper elite pay most and hire more graduates in London

Magic circle under pressure as Americans lead UK market

Oct 5 2015 12:20pm

Solicitor tricked into transferring £734k of client money to phone-scammers

Internet banking scam hits legal profession

Oct 5 2015 9:10am

Clifford Chance takes on Uber with drivers ‘defecating in gardens’ attack

Cabbies pool resources to hire magic circle giant

Oct 2 2015 4:02pm

Is Charlotte Proudman about to sue the tabloids?

Labelling me a 'Feminazi' is defamatory, claims barrister-turned-gender commentator

Oct 2 2015 9:15am

‘Are you sure I don’t look silly?’ Attorney General’s Twitter jitters over full-bottomed wig pic

Jeremy Wright QC deletes photo -- then, after seemingly recovering composure, re-posts it

Oct 1 2015 1:28pm

Friends of Freshfields lawyer shot dead in Berlin are crowdfunding to help his family

Legal and other costs facing popular ex-solicitor's parents could hit £20,000

Sep 30 2015 3:20pm

Top QC who didn’t pay tax for 12 years is struck off

Commercial silk Rohan Pershad QC was "extremely poor at paperwork"

Sep 30 2015 11:12am

Lawyers’ ethics: who would you save first in a fire — your mum or girlfriend?

Chinese judicial ethics exam asks wannabe lawyers to decide

Sep 29 2015 11:09am

Solicitor who had SIX KIDS while at Slaughter and May — and made partner — reveals ‘best decision’: to quit law

Laura Carstensen, who had three kids in the first four years of career, speaks publicly about "structural sexism"

Sep 28 2015 3:14pm

Event: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently

Lord Neuberger and a panel of top solicitors and barristers offer students who don't fit the mould tips on how to get ahead in law

Sep 28 2015 12:33pm

Bar Council chief and Dechert’s Miriam González-Durántez latest to back Proudman feminist movement

LinkedIn row barrister now has support of Nick Clegg's City lawyer wife and a less enthusiastic Alistair MacDonald QC

Sep 28 2015 11:23am

Former Freshfields junior lawyer, 31, shot dead in Berlin

Luke Holland, who was with magic circle firm until 2013, killed outside nightclub

Sep 25 2015 9:03am

At last, Lord Sumption has a friend! Top female QC comes out in support of under-fire Supreme Court judge

Sarah Forshaw QC backs Sumption over women judges comments; as shadow Lord Chancellor is latest to put boot in

Sep 24 2015 5:15pm