Category: News

Top London chambers are STILL failing to pay living wage
Exclusive: New ads show sets continue to pinch pennies when it comes to support staff

Allen & Overy keeps 32 out of 40 spring NQs
Magic circle outfit's new associates will start on £81,000

British junior barrister who started death penalty internship just weeks ago now assisting on Florida school shooter case
Exclusive: Jodie Woodward is a tenant at London's 15 New Bridge Street

Solicitor suspended for texting prisoner 102 times cites legal aid cuts in tribunal judgment
She was ambitious to succeed in competitive legal market

Law grad who sued Government Legal Service over her training contract rejection has reapplied and been offered a position
Exclusive: She'll start her training in September

Supreme Court hears its first ever gig economy case
Far-reaching changes to employment law on the horizon

Firms with the fewest women pay the most money
Burden lies with top-paying outfits to attract more women, researchers say

Exclusive: 87% of law students think they should be compensated for this week’s university strike action
Interestingly, law lecturers seem to agree with them

Donoghue v Stevenson latest: Woman who discovered snail in her ginger beer to have statue erected in her honour
Law student icon cast in bronze

Ex-Linklaters partner sentenced for sexual assault on student intern at Oktoberfest party
Three years and three months

Hill Dickinson admits auctioning off work experience ‘had not been thought through’ as it pulls listing
Two-week placement had formed charity auction lot

Addleshaw Goddard boosts London junior lawyer pay by 5%
Trainees and those in the regions also handed extra cash

Privately-educated lawyers more likely to earn higher salaries
And by some margin

Sixty paralegals to join Clifford Chance as firm snaps up Carillion’s low-cost legal hub in Newcastle
Construction giant went into liquidation last month

Look at these Lady Hale cupcakes
Gowns, tribunal fees and a thesis on fraud also make appearances in Great Legal Bake

Top academics and law firm innovators come together for the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Big names from Russell Group, magic circle and tech start-up world among headliners at May event

Rule-breaking barrister avoids suspension after telling tribunal her printer broke down
She represented a client in court without a valid practising certificate

London law firm partner among Grand Canyon helicopter crash survivors
Another solicitor on board has sadly died

Don’t ditch dining! Inns of Court give wannabe barristers opportunity to mingle, says Bar Council
But BSB proposals could call time on compulsory qualifying sessions

Research: Far more private school kids at corporate firms than in crime
State school educated underrepresented across the board