Category: News

Law Society calls on government to fund SQE loans as over 1,000 students enrol for first exam
New route likely to cost more than £20k, professional body warns

Trainee solicitor pay reaches £62.5k in the City
Davis Polk tops rookie remuneration table

Eversheds launches legal tech grad scheme
Six spots up for grabs

Now live: The 2022 Chambers Most List
New edition features over 50 sets -- each with a Legal Cheek View and Scorecard

Latham trainee looks to challenge LexisNexis and Westlaw with free case law hub
Will Chen's new site aims to make legal judgments more accessible to students whose studies may have been disrupted by lockdowns and library closures

Hit billing targets and earn £150k, Orrick tells London NQs
Discretionary bonuses bring pay parity across London and US offices

Aspiring barrister who sought refuge alone in the UK at 17 launches campaign to help other young asylum seekers
Musa Nela received £3k ULaw grant to get initiative going

The UK’s leading Virtual Law Fair is TODAY
Featuring all of the top firms offering training contracts in London and beyond

Apprentice star starts law degree at Bristol Uni
Former librarian and now fresher Lottie Lion says it's 'bizarre to even comprehend'

SRA rebukes hedge fund lawyer for punching fashion designer at opera
Row over empty seat

Norton Rose Fulbright to help fund underprivileged aspiring lawyers through university
Ten £5k bursaries up for grabs

Now live: The 2022 Firms Most List
Go-to student guide for over 100 top law firms

Goodwin boosts London trainee pay by 14% to £57,000
First years receive £52,000 -- up 13%

Legal aid: Are City lawyers best placed to plug the gap?
Shadow Justice Sec David Lammy's suggestion BigLaw should up pro bono efforts prompts split on Twitter

Road legal! Bradford Uni law student bags car following mock trial success
Beats an Amazon voucher

Competition for pupillage fiercer than ever, Bar Council report finds
Number of applicants chasing each pupillage spot 'steadily increasing' every year

Mishcon launches in Hong Kong ahead of stock market flotation
New overseas outpost follows 'combination' with UK outfit Taylor Vinters

BPP unveils SQE course details
Exclusive: Starting from £9.5k for law grads, excluding exam fees

Over two-thirds of lawyers have suffered mental ill-health
Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare calls for profession-wide change in new report

Big law firms love LinkedIn and YouTube, research finds
Twitter not so much