Author: Thomas Connelly
Clifford Chance ditches ‘Dear Sirs’ and ‘Chairman’ in inclusivity push
Magic circle player calls time on gendered language in legal correspondence following similar moves by Freshfields and Quinn Emanuel
A&O and Clifford Chance dish out bonuses to US lawyers
Year-end and special cash rewards
Nottingham Law School reveals SQE prep courses
Fees still unknown
Over 200 top lawyers sign petition calling on London’s Garrick Club to scrap men-only membership policy
Women are being excluded from vital networking opportunities, according to letter
BPP accused of ‘disruptive editing’ by Wikipedia
PR company steps in -- gets blocked
Herbert Smith Freehills targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2030
Follows 2025 aim set by CMS
Target BAME aspiring barristers with pupillage opportunities, BSB tells chambers in ‘anti-racist statement’
Regulator launches action plan
Dentons triggers redundancy consultation with launch of ‘virtual roles’
Up to 24 lawyer positions at risk
SRA rebukes Reed Smith over rule breach
Global outfit 'failed to properly distinguish between itself and its connected practice' when dealing with freezing order
Red Lion Chambers cancels 2022 pupillage recruitment due to COVID-19
Crime and fraud set cites impact on court work
Minimum pay for pupil barristers up £94 in London and £279 elsewhere
Very modest uplifts didn't go down well on Twitter
KPMG teams up with BPP to offer SQE training contract
Big Four player embraces solicitor training shake-up
Simmons & Simmons ups London NQ solicitor pay to £84,000
Boosts in Bristol too
Work here if you want an Irish practising certificate, UK solicitors told
Irish Law Society throws post-Brexit curveball
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ lawyer husband to leave DLA Piper
Doug Emhoff will leave global outfit by inauguration day on 20 January
December bar exams to go ahead as planned
BSB keeping assessments under 'close review' in wake of second lockdown
White male barristers out-earn female and BAME colleagues
Even with the same level of experience and areas of law, research finds
DWF ‘cautiously optimistic’ following summer cost-cutting measures
Listed giant's revenue up 14% on previous 12 months
Top law prof to oversee independent review into summer bar exam fiasco
BSB announces appointment of Hull Uni pro-vice chancellor Rebecca Huxley-Binns
Big Four giant Deloitte snaps up London law firm
Acquires Kemp Little