Author: Rona Ankrah

How aspiring lawyers can make QWE work for them
Speakers from Flex Legal, Accutrainee and Reed Smith joined a legal education expert from BARBRI to discuss how qualifying work experience is presenting a new and exciting pathway into the profession

Hill Dickinson launches in Newcastle
The Toon gains another big legal name

HSF ups NQ lawyer base pay to £120k
Leapfrogs A&O, Links and Slaughters

RPC increases trainee pay in London and Bristol
City rookies to earn £48k

SQE prep provider creates ‘humanitarian scholarship’ for aspiring lawyers fleeing war
Half price SQE1 course with BARBRI

Criminal solicitor to share comical tales of the justice system at Edinburgh Fringe
Shit Lawyer is 'a manifesto for change', says Abigail Rolling

Mishcon launches Asia secondments for London trainees
Singapore seat underway and plans for Hong Kong in 2023

Travers tackles food waste with its free canteen
Office café to provide three meals a day from September

White & Case boosts maintenance grant by over 60% in response to ‘increased cost of living’
Future trainees to receive £17k a year during LPC and GDL

Why law students shouldn’t be discouraged by anti-lawyer rhetoric
Top solicitors and barristers provide words of encouragement for aspiring lawyers

Ex-White & Case lawyer secures funding for virtual law firm
Cash injection courtesy of entrepreneurs group

Top 10 places for Leeds, Queen’s Belfast and Warwick in latest law school rankings
Russell Group unis secure all but one of the top 20 spots

Ex-City comms chief launches pro bono project for non-lawyers
Non-profit Fifth Day is encouraging business professionals from across the legal sector to donate their time and skills

Irwin Mitchell looks to power all offices using renewable energy within three years
National outfit latest to set green goals

Ashurst bumps trainee solicitor pay to £55k
Year one rookies now on £50k

BCLP launches ‘European vac scheme’ for aspiring lawyers studying English and French law
Open to students studying double degree with Queen Mary and Paris 1 universities

Johnny Depp’s lawyer bags partner promotion following Heard trial win
Camille Vasquez joins US firm Brown Rudnick’s partnership

Junior lawyer quits profession to become pet psychic
Now earns more

City lawyer, 26, on £150k salary goes public with how she spends her hard-earned money
Over £33k in savings and zero student debt