Category: News

Super regulator probes events leading up to SRA’s closure of Axiom Ince
Important for public confidence, says LSB

Number of ‘privileged’ solicitors remains high
But significant progress in other areas, says regulator

Slaughters makes ‘reduced hours for reduced pay’ permanent option for lawyers
Follows succesful pilot

Ex-Linklaters associate sells CrowdJustice for undisclosed fee
Julia Salasky living the dream as she turns focus to her second business, a $25 million legal tech start-up

Solicitor who slapped paralegal on the buttocks suspended
Four separate allegations

Re-start of University of Hertfordshire Bar Course is delayed
Bar Standards Board says uni isn't ready to resume next month, as had been planned

Judges encouraged to embrace AI — carefully
What could possibly go wrong?

A&O Shearman to be led by Magic Circle partners
'Shearman & Sterling partners will hold very significant leadership positions globally and regionally' but the top jobs will go to Allen & Overy lawyers this time around

The best chambers to do your pupillage with — 2024 edition
Chambers Most List ranks sets on training, work quality, support and more

Covington junior lawyer and Kent Uni scoop wins at Pro Bono Awards
Recognises and celebrates pro bono excellence

Rookie error doesn’t have to cost barrister his career
Bar disciplinary shows mercy

Exclusive: Legal influencer’s law firm goes into liquidation owing over £1 million
Behind Alice Stephenson’s social media glitz and glamour, an uncomfortable reality check

It’s becoming even harder to get a pupillage
Number of aspiring barristers on the rise; the number of pupillages not so much

A cautionary email tale for trainees
Law firm’s dismissal of trainee solicitor who forwarded client comms to private email address upheld

The best law firms to do your training contract with — 2024 edition
Firms Most List ranks firms on training, work quality, support and more

Akin confirms salary raise for London lawyers
Joins top London NQ payers Milbank on £177,500

A&O remains tight-lipped over hacker ransom
Magic Circle player suffered data breach earlier this month

Solicitors make government list of jobs ‘most exposed’ to AI
Management consultants top table; sports players and roofers least exposed

US titan Cravath retakes lawyer salary crown with market-topping rises
What impact will fresh pay war have on associates in the City of London?