Category: News

Jury trials on hold due to coronavirus fears

Jurors summoned for this week told to remain at home

Mar 23 2020 10:46am

London commercial set reverses decision to cancel pupillage recruitment round

Henderson Chambers says it will now defer interviews until summer following discussions with Bar Council

Mar 20 2020 11:38am

Virus pandemic: Further City law firms postpone spring vacation schemes

Norton Rose Fulbright, Addleshaw Goddard, Mishcon de Reya and HFW

Mar 20 2020 10:48am

London Legal Walk postponed until October

Coronavirus: Annual charity outing was due to take place in June

Mar 20 2020 9:46am

Vlogging junior lawyers react to virus pandemic

Eve Cornwell shoots home office set-up while Chrissie Wolfe shares daily video 'diary' series

Mar 20 2020 9:13am

Chambers invites pupillage applicants to interview by mistake

Exclusive: Changes to Gateway system 'contributed to errors', says Temple Garden

Mar 19 2020 2:56pm

Revealed: The law firms with the best canteens

Salad bars, coffee on tap and an in-house pastry chef! Your lowdown on the law firms keeping lawyers' rumbling tummies at bay

Mar 19 2020 12:00pm

Top London commercial set cancels pupillage recruitment round due to COVID-19 outbreak

Henderson Chambers says it cannot be confident video interviews will fairly reflect aspiring barristers abilities

Mar 19 2020 11:11am

Law prof stops lecture after spotting two students performing sex act

'Seeking relief from what they were tort'

Mar 19 2020 10:59am

LPC and BPTC students urge regulators not to delay exams amid virus pandemic

Petitions demand that wannabe lawyers be allowed to take assessments at home

Mar 19 2020 9:10am

Virus pandemic: Baker McKenzie and Herbert Smith Freehills postpone spring vacation schemes

Along with Charles Russell Speechlys and Penningtons Manches Cooper

Mar 18 2020 12:08pm

Wealthy partners work from home while lowest paid staff are forced into the office, legal union claims

Legal Sector Workers United brands pandemic response a 'classist allocation of risk'

Mar 18 2020 11:23am

Don’t let students sit exams at home, SRA tells law schools

Regulator says supervised assessments must be maintained

Mar 18 2020 9:21am

Criminal barristers ask for early billing to ease potential cashflow crises

Coronavirus: Criminal Bar Association wants barristers to be paid before trials are over

Mar 17 2020 11:55am

Regulator postpones centralised BPTC exams

Decision follows new government guidance to combat spread of COVID-19

Mar 17 2020 11:16am

Coronavirus: It’s ‘business as usual’, says Supreme Court

Building remains open to the public and cases will continue

Mar 17 2020 9:52am

Slaughter and May postpones spring vacation scheme amid virus pandemic

As magic circlers Freshfields and A&O postpone first-year spring schemes

Mar 17 2020 9:04am

BPP postpones LPC exam following new government COVID-19 advice

Tomorrow's assessment due to take place at London's ExCeL centre will now be re-scheduled

Mar 16 2020 8:45pm

BPP gives students option to sit LPC exam or delay

Law school’s approach follows advice from Public Health England

Mar 16 2020 1:16pm

ULaw and City Law School to suspend face-to-face teaching in response to coronavirus

Both will switch online lectures from 23 March

Mar 16 2020 11:32am