Author: Thomas Connelly

SRA issues warning over scam emails misusing the names Osborne Clarke and Herbert Smith Freehills
It's not the first time that a firm's identity has been used in this way

Show me the money! City law firm partners celebrate skyrocketing profits
Macfarlanes, Travers Smith, Addleshaw Goddard, Clyde & Co and Mills & Reeve post strong financial results

Exclusive: Goldsmiths Uni launches law degree ahead of super-exam shake-up
First cohort to start in Autumn 2019

Council report reveals why Mishcon de Reya’s canteen was slammed by food hygiene inspectors
Mouse droppings and risk of contamination cited in findings

Equity partner profits fall at Linklaters despite revenue rise
Magic circle firm's bosses still on over £1.5 million

14 law firms named on 2018 social mobility power list
Top 10 spots for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Baker McKenzie

Mishcon de Reya cuts billable targets by 20% to encourage tech-minded lawyers to be more innovative
Follows similar move by Reed Smith

Top commercial barrister lands Attorney General role
As ex-Linklaters lawyer scoops Brexit secretary position

Exclusive: BPP cuts London staff headcount following LLB suspension
Move comes as legal education giant opts to focus on solicitor super-exam training

Exclusive: Junior lawyer tells MPs she was ‘sexually assaulted’ by magic circle partner
Associate 'felt compelled' to sign a NDA following the attack

HFW launches trainee-controlled Instagram account
You can now slide into an international law firm's DMs

Clifford Chance offers tech-focused ‘vac scheme’ to future trainees
Includes crash courses in coding and data analytics

London mega-court to fight fraud and cybercrime given go-ahead
New 18-courtroom facility expected to open in 2025

Taylor Wessing confirms Liverpool office launch as firm mulls training contract offering
The centre will open in September

Clifford Chance equity partners to earn an average of £1.6 million
First magic circle financials released

Rookie barrister suspended after representing client in the High Court before pupillage
Six-month penalty open to appeal

Herbert Smith Freehills boosts London junior lawyer pay by 13% to £93,000
Weeks after global giant hiked US associate salaries

Supreme Court gets three new faces
Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Kitchin and Lord Justice Sales, appointed to UK's top bench

Ex-DLA Piper junior solicitor struck off after falsifying LLB and LPC results
Rookie who trained at Weightmans claimed it was 'an honest mistake'

No more lie-ins? Durham Law School set to introduce 8am lectures this Autumn
Early morning arrangement 'for one year only', says elite Russell Grouper