Category: News

BARBRI to offer £6k SQE prep course
Total cost with exam fees is under £10,000

Exam waiver ‘not an option now or in the future’, says BSB
Fallout between regulator and students rumbles on

Charles Russell Speechlys retains 19 NQ solicitors
Two on fixed-term deals

Kim Kardashian opts to study criminal law over sleep
Queen bee of reality TV updates followers on legal exploits

BPP rebuffs claims it prioritised study materials for ‘consortium’ TC holders
Law school giant partly upholds four of 27 complaints made by LPC students

Salford theatre to host real criminal trials
Eight new ‘Nightingale Courts’ announced as part of plans to address COVID-19 impact on justice system

Lamborghini-driving Aussie criminal barrister in legal row over ‘offensive’ number plate
'LGOPNR' = leg opener

Legal Services Board delays decision to accept or reject SQE
Hold-up comes as group representing more than 4,000 legal academics urge refusal

DAC Beachcroft litigation exec banned for naming client on Facebook
Also overbilled working hours

9 City law firms named top LGBT employers
Stonewall list recognises efforts to create inclusive workplaces

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Squire Patton Boggs reopens Manchester office after employees test positive for COVID-19
Closed earlier this week ‘out of an abundance of caution’

2021 TCs will be mix of online and onsite learning, say City firms
Some have already begun remote trainee inductions in response to pandemic

Bar students won’t be told their exam results before resits
BSB says it's not possible to release grades sooner for 'quality assurance' reasons

Milbank dishes out COVID bonuses to London junior lawyers
Associates can receive between £5,800 and £30,800, depending on experience

George Floyd trial to be shown live on British TV
US outfit Court TV to broadcast criminal trials from across the pond

Lord Keen QC resigns in row over Brexit bill
Will Robert Buckland follow?

Law firm office shuttered after being linked to 18 cases of COVID-19
But outfit hits back, saying it's trying its best under ‘tough’ circumstances -- and that council got it wrong

Crowdfunding wannabe barrister pledges free careers advice in return for donations
Mohamed Hussein Iman needs £15k to start GDL

BCLP posts 76% retention rate and ups trainee pay
16 out of 21 stay put

Top commercial chambers to fund criminal pupillage cancelled due to COVID-19
Keating Chambers stumps up £20,000