Author: Thomas Connelly

Shearman & Sterling retains all 13 of its qualifying trainees

Gold stars and pats on the back all round at big-paying US firm's London office

Jul 1 2016 10:24am

Fieldfisher kicks off Autumn retention season with perfect 100% result

Meanwhile City outfit CMS Cameron McKenna finally reveals disappointing spring figure of just 62%

Jun 30 2016 12:41pm

Criminal barrister handed suspended sentence for stalking ex-lover

Conviction follows on from his lawyer wife being given a 12-month restraining order and curfew for her own campaign against husband’s ex-mistress

Jun 30 2016 11:16am

University of Law offers half price course fees for out-of-work LPC students

Wannabe lawyers will still receive a 50% rebate on LPC fees if they have failed to secure employment within nine months of graduating

Jun 29 2016 12:05pm

University of Liverpool EU law lecturer’s incredible out-of-office email response in wake of Brexit abuse

Exclusive: Professor Michael Dougan went viral earlier this month after a video backing Remain campaign amassed almost seven million views

Jun 28 2016 10:02am

Half of Baker & McKenzie’s new London partners are women

International heavyweight promotes 85 lawyers across its global offices

Jun 27 2016 5:00pm

Bar Council insists London will remain a global litigation centre as City law firms go into overdrive advising shaken clients

UK legal sector displays a stiff upper lip in wake of historic EU referendum result

Jun 24 2016 1:04pm

Simmons & Simmons ditches MBA for future trainees

Bespoke legal masters introduced in 2009 to be replaced by new "Trainee Skills Academy"

Jun 22 2016 11:31am

Law revision battle scars

Conclusive proof law revision is bad for your health

Jun 22 2016 10:21am

BSB mulls new ‘super bar exam’ that could allow non-graduates to become barristers

Bar regulator to host debate next month discussing three new proposed routes to qualification

Jun 21 2016 2:15pm

Judge fired for watching porn in chambers LOSES unfair dismissal claim

Warren Grant had argued his behaviour stemmed from a mental illness he was suffering due to marriage problems

Jun 21 2016 11:13am

Visually-impaired Essex Uni law student stunned after taxi driver demanded guide dog travel in the boot

Aspiring lawyer is now a backing a charity-led campaign to bolster discrimination laws

Jun 21 2016 8:57am

Allen & Overy ups London-based US NQ lawyer pay packets to £124,000

MoneyLaw reaches the City's magic circle

Jun 20 2016 12:33pm

School girl’s relationship contract to prevent boyfriend talking to ‘hoes’ goes viral

A fruitful career in contract law awaits unnamed eighth grader

Jun 17 2016 3:38pm

Magic circle lawyers register in Ireland ahead of EU referendum

With the EU referendum less than a week away, City outfits quietly ready themselves for possible exit

Jun 17 2016 11:53am

Aspiring barristers anger as Pupillage Gateway glitch means applications are missing GDL and BPTC grades

Exclusive: Gateway's copy-and-paste feature reproduces everything BUT vital grades on pupillage applications

Jun 17 2016 9:01am

Court of Appeal brands Judge Peter Smith’s incredible Blackstone Chambers letter ‘disgraceful’

CoA orders retrial in Harb v HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, but clears controversial judge of bias

Jun 16 2016 1:17pm

US outfit Cadwalader ups London NQ pay to coveted £124,000 level

New York stalwart is the latest firm to jump aboard the "MoneyLaw" bandwagon

Jun 16 2016 10:45am

5 Essex Court invites wannabe barristers to pupillage interview by ‘mistake’

Exclusive: Technical glitch leaves bar hopefuls "gutted"

Jun 16 2016 9:03am

Sexist email DLA Piper partner fined £15,000

Nick West hit headlines back in 2014 after a number of derogatory emails between him and Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore were leaked

Jun 15 2016 11:54am