Author: Thomas Connelly

Tribunal fines solicitor convicted of sexually assaulting 18-year-old woman at taxi rank
Ravi Khosla hit with £17.5k penalty following 'moment of complete madness'

White & Case ups NQ solicitor pay to £130k — a boost of £25k
Trainees and associates also handed sizeable rises

Supreme Court president: I want a BAME justice within six years
Lord Reed also discusses 'appalling' treatment of junior barrister mistaken for defendant, in new wide-ranging interview

DWF to use government apprentice levy to fund new SQE solicitor training programme for graduates
Replaces training contract from January 2022

Ulster Uni’s A&O and Bakers-backed innovation hub launches lawtech LLM
New masters degree combines corporate law with computing

US lawyer takes on coronavirus in action-filled YouTube ad
The Texas Law Hawk is back

Clifford Chance launches Oxford Uni tech bursaries
Aims to encourage greater diversity on computer science course

Osborne Clarke targeted by graffiti vandals
'That's definitely not part of our brand', says firm spokesperson

Bar Council rejects Henry Hendron’s election nomination after filing application one minute late
Controversial barrister says he’s ‘taking the matter to court next week’

Magic circle gets its first woman leader
Georgia Dawson takes top role at Freshfields

Barrister suggested female Asian judge landed role due to ‘positive discrimination’
Fined and reprimanded

Exam waiver ‘not an option now or in the future’, says BSB
Fallout between regulator and students rumbles on

BPP rebuffs claims it prioritised study materials for ‘consortium’ TC holders
Law school giant partly upholds four of 27 complaints made by LPC students

Salford theatre to host real criminal trials
Eight new ‘Nightingale Courts’ announced as part of plans to address COVID-19 impact on justice system

DAC Beachcroft litigation exec banned for naming client on Facebook
Also overbilled working hours

Squire Patton Boggs reopens Manchester office after employees test positive for COVID-19
Closed earlier this week ‘out of an abundance of caution’

Milbank dishes out COVID bonuses to London junior lawyers
Associates can receive between £5,800 and £30,800, depending on experience

Crowdfunding wannabe barrister pledges free careers advice in return for donations
Mohamed Hussein Iman needs £15k to start GDL

BCLP posts 76% retention rate and ups trainee pay
16 out of 21 stay put

Top commercial chambers to fund criminal pupillage cancelled due to COVID-19
Keating Chambers stumps up £20,000