Category: News

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

Bar Council clarifies position on whether law centres are proper lawyers
Statement on coronavirus funding sparks commotion online

Deloitte scraps summer legal internships — offers interns £500 instead
Big Four player to run voluntary four-week virtual mentorship programme, as more law firms cancel vacation schemes in view of COVID-19

Kennedys launches SQE-ready solicitor apprenticeship for graduates
New 30-month TC alternative enables trainees to earn while they learn

BPP students to get taste of ‘real-world practice’ with virtual law firm launch
Law school giant teams up with AI specialist to create new tech learning tools

COVID-19: ULaw launches £750,000 career changer scholarship fund
Law school to provide support to those whose careers have been impacted by pandemic

Keele University law lecturer channels inner Eminem in criminal law rap
'Intention! It gives me tension! Too many cases to mention!' ?

Legal Twitter reacts after ‘white van man’ questions Keir Starmer’s ‘working class’ roots
Posts pic of barrister and Labour leader wearing traditional legal get-up

‘Well said, Lord Sumption’: Elon Musk backs former Supreme Court judge’s warning that lockdown breaches human rights
Mighty tech and legal minds unite

Former Milbank junior lawyer probed over ‘opportunistic’ COVID-19 mentoring site
Singapore-based associate accused of targeting vulnerable TC hunters with costly online offering

Nottingham Law School appoints new executive dean ahead of SQE prep course launch
Jenny Chapman assumes top role

Ban for SRA paralegal following child abuse conviction
He can no longer work in the legal profession without former employer's permission

Surrey man ordered to hand over ‘sidleylawyers’ domain name to Sidley Austin
Anil Mannick wanted US law firm to pay him £2,400 for web address

Former Lord Chancellor David Gauke returns to Macfarlanes
Joins today as head of policy

Did Davis Polk predict the pandemic?
Multi-million dollar purchase agreement, signed in February, features clever 'COVID clause' -- but now it's a matter for the courts

Bar bigwigs take temporary pay cuts in wake of COVID-19
Bar Council and BSB tighten belts as they brace for ‘significant drop in income’

Law course provider in hot water over ‘misleading’ ads
Claimed to be '#1 QLTS provider'

Dechert partner refused stay in case against former client accused of spying on him
Latest development in tangled legal battle between Neil Gerrard and mining firm he used to represent

Squire Patton Boggs warns it may defer training contracts
Exclusive: City firm continuing to plan for August intake but urges future trainees to ‘hold off making financial decisions’ until COVID-19 situation is clearer

Freshfields and Taylor Wessing summer vacation schemes will go ahead — online
City law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption

Canterbury University law student urges private landlords to waive final rent fees
Some students expected to pay upwards of £2,000 for rooms no longer in use during COVID-19 lockdown