Category: News
US lawyer jailed for faking Kirkland & Ellis experience to land six-figure legal roles
Also posed as a former footballer and ex-Marine
SRA to fund disadvantaged SQE students using fines imposed on Kaplan
£360k accumulated so far
Latham joins Kirkland in $7 billion revenue club
Very (very!) strong financials 💰
SQE exam fees to rise for third time
Increases track inflation and cover additional costs of delivering exams in Welsh
CMS wellbeing ambassador quits firm over anti-Islam and trans social media posts
Reform UK candidate exposed for offensive posts by political X account
BSB chair to leave this summer
Follows SRA and LSB bosses quitting roles
Trump targets vac schemes with new executive order
US President attacks BigLaw diversity initiatives as 'discriminatory'
Gibson Dunn to boost London trainee numbers by 50%
10 to 15 from September 2027
Top banking lawyer who referred to colleagues as ‘Jabba the Hutt’ and ‘The idiot’ fined £15k
Breached SRA principles
Super-regulator pushes for more ethics training for students and lawyers
Standards slipping
Barrister warns of risks as litigants-in-person turn to ChatGPT
AI legal advice gone wrong
Chair of legal super-regulator steps down with immediate effect
Personal considerations
SQE: Regulator issues new guidance on mitigating circumstances
Candidates have five days to make a claim and taking a holiday doesn’t count
Simmons & Simmons unveils new managing partner
Emily Monastiriotis will take over the top role on 1 May