Category: News

HSF tie-up with US firm Kramer Levin gets green light
Combine 1 June

Simmons to relocate City HQ in 2030
Moving around the corner to Finsbury Circus

Latest SQE1 sitting sees 56% pass
Up from a record low of 44%

Skadden removes diversity content from UK grad rec site as firm comes under fire over $100 million Trump deal
Exclusive: Reference to D&I networks taken down

Shoosmiths offers £1 million bonus pot to encourage AI use among staff
Cash rewards for reaching one million prompts on Microsoft Copilot

Another BigLaw firm strikes deal with Trump
Willkie follows Paul Weiss and Skadden

Super-regulator demands SQE provider pass rate transparency by Autumn 2025
SRA delay draws criticism

UK legal profession launches new Balicitor category
Is this the end of the road for solicitors and barristers?

BigLaw lawyer resigns over firm’s $100 million Trump deal in scathing LinkedIn post
Another Skadden lawyer goes viral

Departing Skadden associate urges boycott of trainee recruitment at firms silent on Trump attacks
Rachel Cohen’s message comes as her own firm strikes $100 million deal with US President

Hogan Lovells brews up a new venture with public café
From contracts to coffee beans ☕

WilmerHale pulled into Trump’s escalating war on BigLaw
New exec order cites firm's ties to ex-US special counsel in Trump-Russia probe

Winston & Strawn raises London NQ pay to £160,000
Trainee pay bumped up too

City lawyer speaks out after aspiring solicitor faces SQE fee clawback from top law firm
Failed challenging exams, leading to the withdrawal of TC offer

Trump hits yet another US law firm with executive order
Jenner & Block becomes latest target

Aspiring solicitor barred after accessing case study and model answers before Macfarlanes assessment day
Worked as a paralegal at City firm

Ukrainian lawyer secures SQE scholarship in vlogging comp
Nazarii Pylypchuk ‘happy and grateful’ after landing BARBRI award