Category: News

Sidley Austin pays £100,000 each to seven Kirkland & Ellis associates as signing-on fee

City law juniors haul in Premier League footballer-level money

Apr 4 2016 9:31am

King & Wood Mallesons and Eversheds reveal contrasting trainee retention performances

Meanwhile, Simmons & Simmons accused of retention figure manipulation

Apr 1 2016 2:02pm

Aspiring solicitor’s training contract deemed worthless after she was left unsupervised for 15 months

Supervisor took maternity leave without arranging appropriate support

Apr 1 2016 11:06am

Doughty Street junior barrister replaces Shami Chakrabarti as director of Liberty

Martha Spurrier was called to the bar in 2010, the same year as Amal Clooney

Mar 31 2016 1:24pm

Bigshot megafirm partner banned from UK legal practice after billing clients for luxury family holidays

Top lawyer also used firm's cash to pay off debts he owed relating to spin-off venture

Mar 31 2016 11:55am

Gloucestershire Uni law student charged with attempted murder after Megabus knife attack

20 year-old could face lengthy spell behind bars if found guilty

Mar 31 2016 10:49am

DLA Piper associate struck off for concealing strike out

Young real estate associate at international giant fabricated court documents

Mar 30 2016 4:38pm

Britain’s first black female High Court judge opens up about racism at the bar

Clerks would Tippex out her name on briefs and write in the name of male pupil they wanted to be the tenant

Mar 30 2016 1:11pm

Inns of Court quietly open applications for big money Graduate Diploma in Law scholarships

Over half a million quid up for grabs for wannabe lawyers

Mar 30 2016 9:24am

Top social media barrister says screenshotting Snapchats is unlikely to be illegal

Christina Michalos pours scorn on “extremely misleading” tabloid analysis

Mar 29 2016 1:42pm

Jobless wannabe lawyer loses legal battle against her law school

Anna Alaburda has been unable to find a legal job after ten years of trying

Mar 29 2016 12:45pm

Research: One fifth of the world’s top law schools are in the UK

But Oxford and Cambridge miss out on the top spot

Mar 24 2016 9:05am

Junior barrister admits supplying drugs that killed teenage boyfriend at Temple party

Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron will be sentenced on 3 May

Mar 23 2016 12:12pm

Hogan versus Gawker: Free speech can be costly

Gawker has been ordered to pay an astonishing $140 million in cumulative damages to the former US wrestling icon

Mar 23 2016 11:11am

Top EU law chambers ups pupillage award to £65,000 as Brexit vote looms

Monckton Chambers chucks an extra £5,000 at its junior legal talent

Mar 23 2016 9:19am