Category: News

Lawyers share their biggest humiliations, from dozing in court to falling off chairs in interviews
It's all to show failure is normal

Old Square Chambers ups pupil pay by a quarter in London and Bristol
Exclusive: Rookies will now earn £50,000

Baker McKenzie reaches ‘confidential settlement’ with female associate who was allegedly sexually assaulted by partner
Incident occurred several years ago

Slaughter and May’s 2018 spring retention rate is 95%
Firm 'very pleased' as 35 rookies qualify into magic circle outfit

Future trainee shuns law’s Hunger Games vibe with helpful blog on how to get a training contract
Even includes an application cliché bingo

You’ll do better in morning exams than afternoon ones, new book reveals
Judges are more lenient then too

The Weinstein effect: ‘My once boring practice as an employment barrister has suddenly become glamorous’
#MeToo movement has diluted sexual harassment stigma but 11KBW tenant says bringing legal claims remains tricky

16 City firms make it to LGBT top 100 employer list
Legal profession most represented sector

Role reversal: Linklaters launches scheme which sees junior lawyers mentor senior partners
Diversity and inclusion push

Lady Hale celebrates first birthday since taking Supreme Court’s helm
She will spend it in court

Number of lawyers calling mental health helpline at record high
One half are trainees and junior lawyers

Tributes pour in for blogging and tweeting ex-Court of Appeal judge, who has sadly died
Henry Brooke worked with Lord Denning and sat on the famous conjoined twins case

KFC partners with Eversheds Sutherland to offer first-ever training contract
Fast-food chain joins likes of The Body Shop and Tesco

‘Struggling immigrants should go back to their country’: Nigerian-born ex-Shoosmiths employee awarded £1,000 for PA’s remark
Further claims of discrimination and victimisation dismissed

Serjeants’ Inn Chambers bumps pupillage award by 22% to £55,000
Exclusive: Clinical negligence specialist throws extra £10,000 at its baby barristers

Morning round-up: Tuesday 30 January
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

BLP partner ‘deeply regrets’ Presidents Club attendance as City law firm dismisses ‘main legal adviser’ claims
Outfit distances itself from scandal-hit charity

Over before it’s even began: Two trainee solicitors removed from profession
One was a fraudster, the other lied about storing firm documents

BLP remains tightlipped over claims it was the ‘main legal adviser’ to the scandal-hit Presidents Club
One partner even served on committee, event brochure suggests

Female partners in London earn £165,000 less than male counterparts
Gender bias and nepotism still present, partners think