Author: Rona Ankrah

Happy birthday Donoghue v Stevenson!

Iconic snail in ginger beer judgment turns 90 today

May 26 2022 10:58am
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A&O to help fund disadvantaged students through Queen’s University Belfast

Magic circle player to provide 45 bursaries

May 26 2022 9:19am

Top City firms help establish Black British civil rights group

The Black Equity Organisation aims to ‘address issues of structural racism’ through six key mandates

May 25 2022 11:38am
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DAC Beachcroft to offer pupillages for first time

In-house advocacy group 8DB looks to recruit two rookie barristers

May 24 2022 12:12pm
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news SQE Hub

ULaw and Newcastle law firm Muckle finalise SQE training deal

First trainees start September 2023

May 18 2022 8:58am

Willkie Farr and Davis Polk boost training contract numbers in London

Six TCs on offer at both firms in 2023

May 17 2022 10:56am
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HFW moving to new ‘sustainable’ City office

New HQ features rainwater harvesting and air filtration systems as well as 'highest solar panels in London'

May 16 2022 11:38am
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SQE prep provider pledges to reduce law fair merch in new eco push

BARBRI joins elite City firms in signing up to the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance

May 12 2022 5:59am

O Shaped Lawyer strikes first law firm deal

Browne Jacobson joins soft skills movement

May 11 2022 11:18am
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careers SQE Hub

‘The legal industry is not a hierarchy with private practice at the top’

BARBRI managing director Lucie Allen explains SQE’s potential to widen access to the profession

May 11 2022 10:21am

On this day, 100 years ago, the first woman was called to the bar

Dr Ivy Williams made history on 10 May 1922

May 10 2022 10:27am
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‘Picking an SQE prep course is a lot like dating — you’ve got to find the one you connect with’

ULaw director of business development, Morette Jackson, explains how the law school is helping firms and students grapple with the changing SQE regime

May 9 2022 10:36am

HSF junior lawyer makes Forbes power list for ‘alternative Old Boys network’

Sophie Pender recognised for social mobility efforts

May 9 2022 9:29am
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KPMG reveals plans to double UK lawyer headcount

Targets extra 220 solicitors by 2024

May 4 2022 11:32am
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Huddersfield law grad through to MasterChef final

Radha Kaushal-Bolland among final five

May 3 2022 1:01pm
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ULaw launches US bar course

Law school to prep non-US students and grads for New York or California bar exams

Apr 27 2022 11:41am
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BARBRI strikes soft skills partnership with O Shaped Lawyer

SQE prep provider looks to equip students with human and business know-how

Apr 25 2022 9:16am
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Irwin Mitchell launches in Liverpool and Cardiff

No plans to offer TCs just yet

Apr 22 2022 8:33am