Category: News

Bar exam bosses apologise for last summer’s chaos after damning independent review

Outside experts heavily critical of online set-up that left some students locked out and others urinating in bottles and buckets

May 6 2021 1:08pm

Bakers restores NQ solicitor pay to pre-pandemic £90k

City outfit cut salaries by £2.5k last summer

May 6 2021 11:32am

Hogan Lovells launches trainee mentoring scheme to boost retention of BAME lawyers

Group sessions to cover topics including 'relationship building' and 'overcoming Imposter Syndrome'

May 6 2021 10:12am

City firms cut secretary support as lawyers prepare to return to the office

Dechert joins the likes of Clifford Chance and Linklaters in reducing secretarial roles in London

May 6 2021 9:21am

Linklaters to fund SQE prep courses for refugee lawyers

Through tie-up with BARBRI and charity Breaking Barriers

May 5 2021 2:47pm

London law graduate strangled and shot on visit to Pakistan

Mayra Zulfiqar, 26, found dead after 'two men fought to marry her’

May 5 2021 11:40am

New report reveals practice areas most and least impacted by pandemic

Downturn in areas including litigation, property and immigration, while employment, commercial, tax, and risk & compliance thrive

May 5 2021 9:36am

FT editors attack government plans to restrict judicial review

March consultation is 'yet more evidence of the Conservative government’s contempt for the separation of powers'

May 4 2021 12:00pm

Liverpool Uni law grad earns £60k a year on OnlyFans

Alaw Haf, 23, posts glamour shots from family home in Wales

May 4 2021 11:04am

DLA Piper launches solicitor apprenticeship for school-leavers

Six-year programme starts in September from firm's Manchester office

May 4 2021 9:28am

Bird & Bird thanks lawyers and staff with Covid bonus

Rewarded €1,000 for 'hard work and extraordinary contributions'

Apr 30 2021 10:25am

City law firms take nine spots in ‘Top 50 Employers for Women’ list

Recognised for paving the way towards gender-equal workplaces

Apr 30 2021 9:05am

Clifford Chance to allow lawyers to work remotely up to 50% of the time

New policy comes into effect once Covid restrictions are lifted on 21 June

Apr 29 2021 12:48pm

Teen charged with junior lawyer’s murder

Khuram Javed shot dead in Sheffield earlier this month

Apr 29 2021 11:21am

Slaughter and May pushes ahead with associate salary rises

Magic circle player also restarts staff pay reviews as part of an easing of financial measures put in place during the pandemic

Apr 29 2021 9:47am

KFC’s top lawyer swaps fried chicken for pizza

Lawrence Grabau moves across to Pizza Hut as its new chief legal officer

Apr 28 2021 12:00pm

Pupillage seekers jump by 50% during pandemic

Over 3,300 wannabe barristers applied for 246 training spots this year

Apr 28 2021 10:33am