Category: News

Solicitor sentenced to community service after bombarding law student with ‘creepy’ messages

He reportedly threatened to block her from practising law

May 17 2018 1:48pm

Being a corporate lawyer is a ‘bulls**t job’, argues LSE professor

City law jobs are totally pointless

May 17 2018 10:28am

No-fault divorce gets the Supreme Court treatment

Lady Hale, who's hearing today's case, is a vocal supporter of divorce law reform

May 17 2018 9:03am

Morning round-up: Thursday 17 May

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

May 17 2018 7:30am

Suspended chemsex barrister sells £4,000 ‘legal advice for life’ on Facebook

Exclusive: Henry Hendron prepares for bar return

May 16 2018 10:24am

Kirkland & Ellis boosts LPC grant to £10,000

Matching moves by the magic circle, Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells

May 16 2018 9:08am

DLA Piper to launch in Dublin as firm predicts influx of financial services work post-Brexit

Not the first outfit to rock up in Ireland since the referendum

May 15 2018 12:51pm

Durham Law School teams up with BARBRI to offer New York and California bar course

Exclusive: New students to start in September

May 15 2018 10:22am

In the Supreme Court today: Is denying straight couples a civil partnership unlawful?

Lady Hale to hear boyfriend and girlfriend's human rights challenge

May 14 2018 9:16am

‘How are you, really?’ City firms and chambers on board as leading wellbeing charity gears up for mental health week

Lawyers met last night to discuss pressures facing students and juniors

May 11 2018 11:43am

Women dominate BPTC enrolments, but more men score top marks

Even when they have the same undergraduate degree results

May 11 2018 10:20am

Tort lawyers won’t be required in 30 years, suggests top judge

Could Donoghue v Stevenson be ditched from law school syllabuses?

May 10 2018 2:35pm

Lord Chancellor wants more top City lawyers to become judges

But they'll likely need to take a pay cut

May 10 2018 11:50am

Ministry of Justice accused of lying over ‘explosive’ criminal courts report

As MPs vote against reversing legal aid changes

May 9 2018 3:46pm