Author: Thomas Connelly

Barrister fined £500 for threatening police with kitchen knife
Under 'immense stress', according to report

Addleshaw Goddard paralegal apprentice left homeless after escaping forced wedding wins £150,000 apartment
Turnaround in fortunes for aspiring real estate lawyer

Clifford Chance tops magic circle trainee pay table with fresh rises
£48,000 in year one, rising to £54,000 in year two

Super-exam pilot results: make SQE1 the theory test and leave practical skills for SQE2
Testing skills during SQE1 doesn’t really work, says examiner

BPP Law School apologises after ‘technical fault’ sees LPC students receive advocacy exam materials 48 hours late
Exclusive: Aspiring lawyers left in the dark over weekend

Henry Hendron suspended again
Chemsex junior barrister failed to pay client £850

Top fintech start-up launches law training contract
Challenger bank OakNorth has recruited three trainees so far

Boris’ cabinet cull sees barrister Buckland land Lord Chancellor role
Former justice minister replaces David Gauke, joining host of other lawyers in BoJo's cabinet

DWF trainee solicitor who shared confidential client information with a friend loses unfair dismissal claim
Sacked just before qualification

Manchester Uni law students design app to field out-of-hours legal advice centre enquiries
Hits online shelves later this year

Answers to Government Legal training contract scheme’s situational judgement test surface online
Exclusive: Shared by aspiring lawyers on WhatsApp and email

Taylor Wessing raises NQ solicitor pay to £77,000 plus bonus in package worth up to £92,400
City pay war continues

6 City law firms secure spots on LGBT ‘Top Global Employers’ list
Stonewall index celebrates businesses inclusion efforts

Extinction Rebellion park boat named in memory of popular eco-barrister outside Royal Courts of Justice
Traffic brought to a standstill

New Winckworth Sherwood partner emails 600 contacts on first day on the job — forgets to blind copy
Blunder reported to UK data watchdog

Clifford Chance posts 87% autumn trainee retention score
41 out of 47 qualifying trainees stay put

Travers Smith joins NQ salary war with package of up to £110,500
Boost comes as City player confirms 4% bump in PEP to £1.25 million

Slaughter and May keeps 37 out of 40 newly qualifying trainee solicitors
Strong 93% retention result comes as magic circle firm ups GDL maintenance grant to £10,000