Author: Rhys Duncan
Over a quarter of lawyers regularly using AI
For research, drafting and comms
Slaughter and May becomes fourth Magic Circle law firm to embrace solicitor apprenticeships
First intake September 2025
Law firm office manager paid herself nearly £1,500 to cover tea and coffee expenses
Regulator takes action
Ex-Magic Circle lawyer cleared of insider trading
Brother's trial continues
Shoosmiths to recruit solicitor apprentices for the first time
Roles open in Birmingham
Linklaters retains 41 of 49 spring qualifying trainees
One on fixed-term deal
Bar course students offered extra exam resits
Follows trial last year
Surge in bullying reports to lawyer wellbeing charity
LawCare records one of its 'busiest years ever'
Barristers warned against risks of ChatGPT
But Bar Council says AI use not 'inherently improper'
High Court: Law Society secures win in legal aid row with government
Chancery Lane took action over failure to implement recommended fee rises
Freshfields records 84% trainee retention rate
31 of 37 staying on
Train strikes: SQE exams will go ahead as planned
SRA tells students to plan ahead
Clifford Chance to monitor lawyers’ office attendance
Follows Slaughter and May
Chambers boost pupillage awards in hunt for top grad talent
Increases of as much as 40%
Top law firms join forces with UWE to launch diversity work experience programme
Osborne Clarke, Burges Salmon and Simmons & Simmons among outfits involved
Solicitor suspended for eight years for jury internet research
Ex-Irwin Mitchell associate spent four weeks in prison