Author: Thomas Connelly

Kaplan offers new SQE assessment dates after ‘IT issue’ forced cancellations
First one next week

Bakers bumps TC numbers from 33 to 40
Follows similar move by Travers

Metro Bank picks BARBRI to put future in-house lawyers through the SQE
Trainees will split their time studying and gaining QWE

Students unable to sit SQE exam after London test centre suffers ‘IT issue’
Aspiring lawyers report waiting hours before being told to go home

Travers Smith boosts trainee numbers by a third
From 30 TCs to a maximum of 40

Big Four player PwC joins City firms in upping junior lawyer pay
Moves NQ rates to £90k

Mishcon strikes SQE training deal with ULaw
Follows similar moves by Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and White & Case

Clifford Chance’s partner profits top £2 million for first time
MC player reports positive numbers despite "signs of a slowdown in some markets"

Exclusive: Linklaters decides against upping NQ lawyer pay — for now
Magic circle firm stresses pay remains under review

Bye bye, BCAT: Bar aptitude test to be ditched this month
No longer effective 'filter', says BSB

Hill Dickinson to offer TCs in the Toon
Move follows office launch in Newcastle

CMS boosts NQ lawyer pay to £100k
Second boost in seven months

Exclusive: We won’t ‘rush’ to increase NQ pay, Linklaters tells lawyers
Magic circle player to consider 'impact of any changes and the wider economic context' before matching rivals, internal email reveals

A&O opts against NQ lawyer pay rises citing ‘challenging’ economic conditions
Rates remain at £107.5k

BPP to offer paid qualifying work experience
Current and former students can apply for six month placements in the law school's pro bono clinic

ULaw launches bar course in Newcastle
First budding barristers start this September

Criminal barristers to strike as row over legal aid escalates
Walkouts from next Monday