Author: Thomas Connelly

Baker McKenzie partner at centre of sexual assault scandal will be leaving the firm
As firm admits 'we should have handled it better'

BPP launches legal tech module for LPC students
Law school giant in digital skills push

Old Square Chambers ups pupil pay by a quarter in London and Bristol
Exclusive: Rookies will now earn £50,000

Baker McKenzie reaches ‘confidential settlement’ with female associate who was allegedly sexually assaulted by partner
Incident occurred several years ago

Role reversal: Linklaters launches scheme which sees junior lawyers mentor senior partners
Diversity and inclusion push

‘Struggling immigrants should go back to their country’: Nigerian-born ex-Shoosmiths employee awarded £1,000 for PA’s remark
Further claims of discrimination and victimisation dismissed

Serjeants’ Inn Chambers bumps pupillage award by 22% to £55,000
Exclusive: Clinical negligence specialist throws extra £10,000 at its baby barristers

BLP partner ‘deeply regrets’ Presidents Club attendance as City law firm dismisses ‘main legal adviser’ claims
Outfit distances itself from scandal-hit charity

BLP remains tightlipped over claims it was the ‘main legal adviser’ to the scandal-hit Presidents Club
One partner even served on committee, event brochure suggests

Slaughter and May trainees and junior lawyers offered ‘recovery time’ following big deals
As elite magic circle outfit ditches performance-scoring system

Presidents Club latest: BLP, Kingsley Napley and Fried Frank lawyers named on exclusive guest list
Just hours after Mishcon de Reya confirmed one of its partners had attended the scandal-ridden dinner

‘He is embarrassed’: Mishcon de Reya confirms one of its top lawyers DID attend Presidents Club dinner
City outfit distances itself from scandal-hit gala

Scathing judgment that saw ex-Tower Hamlets mayor struck off for election corruption published
Family law solicitor Lutfur Rahman was 'motivated by power and status'

Tens of thousands of magic circle email addresses and passwords discovered on Dark Web
Phishing scams and data theft loom as more than 80,000 lawyer credentials found online

Clifford Chance keeps 44 of its 48 spring NQs
As Trowers & Hamlins confirms six of its seven rookies are staying put

Dentons partner suspended following allegations of sexual misconduct
Claims date back to solicitor's time at Scottish outfit Maclay Murray & Spens

London barristers more than twice as likely to secure silk than Northern peers
Top QC concerned there may be a pattern of under-representation

Solicitor super-exam proposals submitted for formal approval
Regulator’s plan to scrap GDL and LPC moves one step closer to reality

Clifford Chance and Freshfields boost LPC grants by 43%
Exclusive: £3,000 more than Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Slaughter and May

Law grad’s solicitor dream in peril following assault on pregnant girlfriend
But every case will be dealt with on its merits, SRA insists