Category: News
BPP, Hertfordshire and Plymouth law schools recognised for pro bono efforts
Trio scoop LawWorks gongs
Linklaters’ lawyer scoops £32,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Peter Hudson foiled in bid for more dosh by question about charities
COVID-19: Meet the Queen Mary law student working on the frontline
Megan Evers puts healthcare experience to good use during pandemic
Kaplan given go-ahead to assess solicitor apprentices
Follows appointment to run SQE
Over 60% of legal staff want to work from home post-lockdown
Not having to commute top reason for ditching the office
COVID-19: Bar exams to go online
But not before August
Taylor Wessing to cut trainee pay and hours by 8%
International player set to introduce flexi-working scheme in response to pandemic
Lawyers are ‘biggest threat to reopening the economy’, claims financial journalist
Prepare for tide of litigation post-lockdown Michael Lynn forecasts
Kent University launches coronavirus LLM
New masters in law and health focuses on pandemic response
A&O follows Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Slaughters with virtual vacation scheme
Mayer Brown, White & Case and Travers Smith summer internships also move online
Aspiring lawyer successfully sues twin sister for £96,000 after she crashed car while sneezing
Injuries hinder future legal career, court finds
Vlogging magic circle trainee Eve Cornwell takes on Mike Ross in Suits mock trial
She gives herself only five minutes to construct a legal argument
Herbert Smith Freehills cancels 2020 summer vacation schemes
Exclusive: Candidates instead being invited to interview for TCs, with those successful offered place on virtual scheme
Eversheds introduces scheme to vary lawyers’ hours and pay according to workflow
Doesn't apply to trainees
Trainee solicitor jailed for rape has sentence increased
Appeal court hands ex-Cripps rookie 16 year term after Solicitor General steps in
JLD: Think again before prosecuting vulnerable lawyers
Open letter urges SRA to review approach where mental health or toxic working environments play role in alleged misconduct
Slaughters, Bakers, Bird & Bird, Skadden and Debevoise move to virtual vacation schemes
New online offerings to mirror in-office experience but will be shorter than originally planned
Legal workers Zoom meeting interrupted by naked colleague
They'd been chatting about civil procedure when 'Ben' appeared starkers on screen
Aspiring barrister left devastated after receiving pupillage offer in ‘error’
Holly Hickman had already informed her family and friends
UK legal vacancies plunge 75% during pandemic
Job applications also tumble, new research reveals
Call for pupillage candidates to get more emotional support
Junior barrister Malvika Jaganmohan urges chambers to ditch 'rejection by silence' as she reflects on her own personal battles in candid blog post