Category: News

Akin Gump ups London NQ salaries to $202,500
US MoneyLaw mania continues to rock the City

Former BBC legal correspondent joins London chambers
Clive Coleman becomes associate tenant at 23ES

Macfarlanes launches legal technologist grad scheme
Two-year TC alternative to start in September 2021

No cab rank? Supreme Court judges criticised for pricey private car rides
Official 1.4 mile trip cost £104

London law firms Wedlake Bell and Moon Beever to merge
Goes live next month

Australia to open door to UK junior lawyers in post-Brexit trade agreement
Law Society cautions 'practical barriers' around qualifications

Hardwicke to rebrand as Gatehouse Chambers after discovering name has slavery links
Lord Hardwicke was co-author of 1729 legal opinion relied upon by slave owners

Bakers lawyers and staff given option to work remotely up to three days a week
Varied start and finish times too

Virtual student event TODAY with Gowling WLG, Pinsent Masons, DWF and ULaw
Thursday 17 June, from 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually

Kim Kardashian reveals she failed first year law exam — again
Reality TV star scored 463, down from a previous score of 474

City law firm partner struck off for exaggerating billings
Tracey Ann Sheehan ordered to pay costs of £51,615

Weil dishes out £8k Covid bonuses to NQ lawyers
Extra cash for trainees and associates too

MoneyLaw war reignites as Milbank raises London NQ lawyer pay to $200,000
Weaker dollar obscures effect of rises in UK -- but salary battle is back with a bang! 💥

Largest law firm in the world trims lawyer numbers
Dentons lays off 85 UK employees, including 16 associates

Clyde & Co elects first female senior partner
Carolena Gordon takes up new role on 1 July

Freshfields dishes out bonuses following Covid salary freeze
Catch-up cash for UK lawyers and staff

Scottish law student cleared of wrongdoing following probe into ‘offensive’ gender comments
Abertay Uni student Lisa Keogh worries investigation may have impacted her grades

Lawyers of the future could be required to take productivity-boosting drugs, Law Society predicts
Legal workforce could drop by almost 50% in 'disruptive' vision of 2050 profession

Law student’s Legally Blonde photoshoot gets Elle Woods seal of approval
Film’s star Reese Witherspoon retweets courtroom shots featuring designer bag and pet pooch