Author: Thomas Connelly
Simmons launches in Silicon Valley as A&O enters Boston
City outfit opens first US office whilst magic circle player continues expansion across the pond
Mishcon joins initiative to fund refugee lawyers through SQE
Teams up with BARBRI and charity Breaking Barriers
US and UK law firms announce bumper financial results
Profits soar at Hogan Lovells, Dechert, White & Case and Addleshaw Goddard 📈
14 law firms named on LGBTQ+ employer list
Stonewall rankings recognise businesses efforts to create inclusive workplaces
Will City law firms join the Metaverse?
Where clients go, their lawyers will surely follow...
Hogan Lovells to move City HQ across the road
New digs from 2026
Dechert and Fried Frank raise junior lawyer salaries in London
£140k and £160k
Matrix apologises for putting embargoed judgment on press release
Master of the Rolls calls for 'stricter measures' as elite set sticks ruling across social media in error
Online law school strikes SQE deal with Oxford Brookes
College of Legal Practice to offer prep courses at discounted rate
‘Wigs reek of privilege and exclusion… I cannot see the point of them’, says top QC
Has horsehair had its day?
Hill Dickinson replaces TCs with apprenticeships in training shake-up
New graduate pathway sees aspiring lawyers juggle legal work with SQE studies at ULaw
Clifford Chance could cut Canary Wharf office space
Re-evaluation comes as firms continue to embrace flexi-working
DLA ups NQ lawyer pay: 95k in London, 65k in regions
Up by 8% and 35%
Bird & Bird ups NQ lawyer pay by £17k
Base rate of £88k
Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare sees spike in stress-related calls
Almost two-thirds of all contacts from trainee and junior lawyers
ULaw signs SQE partnerships with six universities
LSE and Nottingham Uni grads among those guaranteed prep course places under new deal
Can lawyers be leaders?
Not so, says Boris -- much to the annoyance of lawyers
One in six young barristers want to quit, new report finds
Workloads and mental health among reasons for ditching the wig and gown
White & Case and ULaw strike SQE training deal
Global firm recruits 50 UK trainees each year
London NQ lawyer pay hits record £161,500
US outfit Goodwin ups junior rates to unprecedented levels -- also unveils new perk which sees it pay for their holidays
£150k junior lawyer salaries are ‘out of control’, top general counsel warns
Network Rail's leading lawyer Dan Kayne urges profession to find new ways of retaining talent before young associates 'get hurt'