Category: News

Debevoise follows MoFo with London office vaccine mandate
New policy applies to staff and visitors 💉

Teen tennis star Emma Raducanu shelves law degree plans after epic US Open win
She fancied becoming a barrister, reports claim

Hogan Lovells posts 92% trainee retention rate
One NQ on fixed term deal

Barrister apprenticeships? Quite possibly says pupillage expert
There are barriers to overcome, but these are not 'insurmountable'

Shearman steps up NQ talent battle with improved £145k salary
Second sizeable rise this year

Mishcon trainee and junior lawyers set to become firm shareholders as flotation gets go ahead
Voted through by partners

Top City law firms feature on ‘family-friendly’ employers list
Annual charity-compiled index looks at flexi working polices and parental support

‘Significant funds’ drained from bar charity’s bank account without permission
Exclusive: Bridging the Bar says cash has since been returned

Bakers, Burges and Simmons reveal autumn trainee retention rates
89%, 85% and 80%

US law firm targets grads with launch of Belfast support hub
Will create 78 new roles

Legal YouTuber reveals what magic circle trainees really do in a day
From cold showers and coffee runs to client calls and drafting deals

CPS lawyer rebuked over offensive Facebook posts
Included petition from far-right group Britain First

Eversheds Sutherland retains 45 of 50 NQ solicitors
All on permanent deals

Taylor Wessing opens in Dublin
Targets bustling life sciences, healthcare and technology sectors

Supreme Court judge expressed ‘relief’ at Lord Sumption’s resignation in previously unseen email exchange
Made public through FOI request

More top firms confirm trainee retention scores
Strong 80%+ results for CMS, Gowling, Fieldfisher and Browne Jacobson

Solicitor accused of injecting blood into supermarket food previously worked for A&O, Milbank and HSF
Leoaai Elghareeb arrested last week

Freshfields matches Clifford Chance on trainee pay
£50k in year one and £55k in year two

Bar aptitude test ‘not effective filter’ of weak wannabe barristers
Fail rate of under 1%, report finds