Category: News

CMS bumps London NQ lawyer pay to £110k
Rises in regions too

New Attorney General pledges to put the rule of law first
Commitment comes amid populist attacks both home and abroad

Judge receives formal advice for ‘ill-judged’ humour
Left court staff member "uncomfortable"

Unregistered barrister disbarred over misleading legal experience on job application
Tried to secure role with Arden Uni

Liverpool Uni partners with six law firms to launch LLB with built-in qualifying work experience
Paid year-long placements at outfits including DWF, Hill Dickinson, and Taylor Wessing

Top judge to step down from presidency role after reprimand over love letter to colleague
Justice Marcus Smith reprimanded in August

Competition: Win an SQE scholarship by explaining the must-have skill for lawyers
Half-price SQE1 course courtesy of BARBRI

Davis Polk sets new £70k salary record for trainee solicitors in London
Market topping year two pay 💷

Reed Smith goes all in with College of Legal Practice for the SQE
Barbri loses out as firm relaunches training programme

Linklaters teams up with KCL to deliver AI training for lawyers
Classroom lessons, practical exercises and hackathon

Osborne Clarke retains 38 out of 44 qualifying trainees
86% score includes firm's first solicitor apprentices

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Senior solicitor reprimanded for inappropriate comments to probation officer
Showed her pic of naked woman

Magistrate warned after ‘heated dispute’ over neighbour’s dog
Emphasised legal knowledge

Former DWF partner struck off for trying to communicate sexually with minor
Targeted in "sting operation"

SQE1 pass rate drops to just 44%
Lowest success rate so far

Disgraced human rights lawyer admits fraud charges connected to claims against Iraqi war veterans
Philip Shiner received £3 million under legal aid contract

Super regulator rubber-stamps 200% hike in compensation fund contributions for solicitors
Plug funding gap following closure of Axion Ince