Category: News

Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence
Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek

Family barrister suspended following ‘offensive and unacceptable’ Royal baby tweet
Joanna Toch apologises after ill-judged remark

Ex-City lawyer on £100k reveals she’s taken 80% pay cut to specialise in human rights
She currently earns just over £18k but hopes to revert to six-figure salary in new field

Linklaters looks to slash emissions by up to 70%
Magic circle player latest to up its green efforts 🍃

Kirkland’s London MoneyLaw pay plunges as dollar weakens sharply
Junior lawyers bemoan $190k+ dollar-pegged salaries

Gowling lawyers to help fund Black students through Birmingham Law School
Firm to also offer work placements and on-going mentoring support

Lady Hale to quit role on Hong Kong court
Ex-Supreme says decision to step down isn't political, reports say

Ex-Reed Smith trainee accuses firm of disability discrimination
Employment Tribunal dismissed further race discrimination claim

Mills & Reeve kicks off autumn retention season with 100% score
All 19 trainees to stay put

GDL student numbers jumped by over a fifth during the pandemic
Covid disruption and SQE replacement contributing factors, report finds

US firm Paul Hastings tells London lawyers work from the office ‘by default’
From 7 September 🗓️

Keir Starmer reveals boozy lunch with ex-Doughty Street chamber mate Amal and George Clooney
Labour leader appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories last night

Asparagus recipe accidentally included in Belgian law database
'Bon Appétit!' read the final line

Eversheds lawyers to work from the office two to three days a week
New 'blended working' model applies to firm's trainees too

Henry Hendron avoids disbarment — again
Scandal-hit barrister reprimanded for continuing to work during suspension over drug offences

Slaughters targets 40% female partner promotions by 2027
Magic circle player latest to go public with diversity goals

CMS and Clydes thank lawyers with Covid bonuses
Extra 5% and 3% of salary at each firm

Work from home 50% of the time, Dechert tells lawyers
Simmons also allows staff to work remotely -- but for 60%

Ashurst appoints first female global chair
London partner Karen Davies takes top role from 1 August

Norton Rose Fulbright launches solicitor apprenticeship scheme in London
Global firm's Newcastle hub targets aspiring paralegals with launch of separate programme