Category: News

Ban for ex-law firm office worker who set up spy cam in Starbucks toilet

Antony Dines also said to have recorded colleagues at work

Jun 23 2020 10:21am

Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%

COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease

Jun 22 2020 11:23am

COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online

Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms

Jun 22 2020 10:06am

Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic

Also implements reduced working week option

Jun 19 2020 1:12pm

Senior CPS lawyer referred to regulator over far-right Facebook posts

Defence lawyers complain after spotting Britain First petition on government solicitor's feed

Jun 19 2020 11:23am

Virtual Pride 2020: Law firms move celebrations online in light of COVID-19

Bingo, discos and virtual 'voguing' -- a lot is going on(line) in recognition of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies

Jun 19 2020 9:09am

Hogan Lovells cuts NQ pay and freezes salaries for some trainees

Exclusive: Second year rookies to remain on first year salaries

Jun 18 2020 3:25pm

Doughty Street junior barrister launches first legal outfitter for women

'Women have been at the bar for over 100 years and men are still the default when it comes to legal dress,' Karlia Lykourgou tells Legal Cheek

Jun 18 2020 2:06pm

Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k

Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut

Jun 17 2020 5:30pm

Pregnant law firm partner calls out top QC for ‘every day sexism’

DWF's Naomi Pryde says unnamed silk contacted a male junior lawyer about her case, assuming she'd be 'indisposed'

Jun 17 2020 4:47pm

CMS posts 72% trainee retention score

44 out of 61

Jun 17 2020 11:10am

Allen & Overy reopens City HQ on ‘permission-only basis’

Distancing measures put in place

Jun 17 2020 10:10am

Over half of legal workers stressed about job hunting amid coronavirus

One in four have put their search on hold

Jun 17 2020 9:13am

New Instagram account allows City lawyers to anonymously submit their ‘juicy secrets’

'Magic Circle Confessions' launched earlier this month

Jun 16 2020 12:00pm

Dentons rolls out ‘track and trace’ system as it reopens London office

Will operate at 25% capacity with no movement between floors

Jun 16 2020 10:12am

Revealed: The practice areas most (and least) impacted by coronavirus

Lockdown has hit certain specialisms hardest -- but there are reasons for optimism, writes LexisNexis marketing chief Christopher O’Connor

Jun 16 2020 9:18am

Harvard trumps Oxbridge in global law school rankings — again

World league table looks at key criteria including employer and academic reputation

Jun 15 2020 12:14pm

Ban for rookie solicitor who ‘falsified’ LPC certificate to dupe regulator

Kulvinder Kooner was applying to be added to the roll

Jun 15 2020 10:53am