Author: Jonathan Ames
Bar students are getting even worse at ethics, official report shows
If four-year trend continues, more than half of those on the BPTC are likely to fail ethics module at first go next year
Tribunal slaps young solicitor, 30, for faking orthopaedic expert reports
Junior is hit with an indefinite suspension and a £10,000 costs order into the bargain
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Sullivan & Cromwell shoots to top of UK pay league with record £101,500 newly-qualified solicitor salary
Exclusive: London office of New York firm is now highest paying in City
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17 barristers at one chambers probed over claims of poor behaviour towards pupils
Bar Standards Board refuses to provide details, but says single case has distorted internal conduct figures
Former refugee with first class law degree bids to crowdfund BPTC
Plucky east Londoner needs £12,000 to do bar course
Diva of Divorce up against most-followed lawyer on Instagram in battle for ‘Legal Personality of the Year’ crown
It’s solicitor v barrister in fight for coveted Law Society gong
Modern lawyers are far too specialised, says Supreme Court judge
First Jonathan Sumption QC laid into law degrees, now he’s criticising qualified lawyers for being narrow minded
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Killjoy bar leaders aim to phase out dining requirement for qualification as a barrister
Age-old tradition of drunken bread roll fights looks set to be pensioned off as it's not sufficiently educational
Number of bad-boy barristers drops as disbarments tumbled last year
Regulator’s annual figures show complaints rise, but 31% fewer lawyers were given red cards
Blogger is first Open University student to bag Harvard Law School scholarship
From the heights of Legal Cheek to slumming it in the Ivy League
Trendy London law firm does its bit to tackle erectile dysfunction
Diversity recruitment agency announcement suggests Olswang has got into the good wood game
Ministry of Justice slaps penniless tramps with whopping court charges to bolster coffers
The desperate monetisation of Britain’s criminal justice system
Shearman & Sterling’s London office switches Kaplan for Uni of Law in LPC deal
Contract kicks off this September in a post-sale boost for university
Crime legal aid firms are forced to offer cheap ‘McJustice’ to clients, says strike leader
Head of London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association also has a pop at legal education establishment
University of Law launches money back guarantee for out-of-work LPC students
ULaw offering 50% rebate of fees for those unable to secure job in "legal or commerce"
Andy Burnham bids to battle Corbyn by being friend to legal aid lawyers
Leadership election manifesto of former health secretary calls for a review of recent cuts
Two universities bin law conversion course as market tightens
Keele and Hertfordshire law schools announced today that it’s all over for their Graduate Diploma in Law courses
UCL legal academic discovers corporate lawyers are missing the ethics gene
UCL law school boffin produces an image of what good legal values should look like