Tag: coronavirus

COVID-19: ULaw launches £750,000 career changer scholarship fund
Law school to provide support to those whose careers have been impacted by pandemic

The technological disruption facing law firms in the wake of the pandemic
Times of necessity have rocketed innovative practices into daily life a lot sooner than many expected

‘Well said, Lord Sumption’: Elon Musk backs former Supreme Court judge’s warning that lockdown breaches human rights
Mighty tech and legal minds unite

Former Milbank junior lawyer probed over ‘opportunistic’ COVID-19 mentoring site
Singapore-based associate accused of targeting vulnerable TC hunters with costly online offering

COVID-19: The prison crisis
Why has government been so slow to implement plans for prisoner release?

Did Davis Polk predict the pandemic?
Multi-million dollar purchase agreement, signed in February, features clever 'COVID clause' -- but now it's a matter for the courts

Bar bigwigs take temporary pay cuts in wake of COVID-19
Bar Council and BSB tighten belts as they brace for ‘significant drop in income’

Squire Patton Boggs warns it may defer training contracts
Exclusive: City firm continuing to plan for August intake but urges future trainees to ‘hold off making financial decisions’ until COVID-19 situation is clearer

The SQE is just one part of a much bigger story
King’s College London’s Chris Howard shares his vision for the future of legal education

Freshfields and Taylor Wessing summer vacation schemes will go ahead — online
City law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption

Canterbury University law student urges private landlords to waive final rent fees
Some students expected to pay upwards of £2,000 for rooms no longer in use during COVID-19 lockdown

Research: Over 70% of young barristers won’t survive six months in practice
Bar Council warns future of the bar looks 'bleak' in wake of pandemic

How technology can help trainees in the new SQE world
The College of Legal Practice chief, Giles Proctor, sketches out a vision for the new super-exam that draws on the college’s strength in tech-based online learning

Will success of home-working prompt firms to rethink their plush City offices?
Pandemic puts question mark over corporate law's love-affair with swanky spaces

Shearman & Sterling lawyers offered six month sabbaticals for 30% pay
As Reed Smith introduces unpaid leave scheme

SRA: Trainees can qualify before completing Professional Skills Course
But must finish all modules within one year of being admitted

Largest law firm in the world asks staff to work four-day week in wake of pandemic
Dentons follows Norton Rose Fulbright in implementing voluntary flexible working arrangements

Creating an SQE for the post COVID-19 world
Getting the balance right between online and face-to-face learning, while teaching practical skills in a way that accommodates new legal tech, will be crucial to a successful SQE, says ULaw’s Jill Howell-Williams

Sussex Uni law student leads call for tuition fee cuts as lectures move online
COVID-19: Petition received almost 300 student signatures

Biotech start-up calls on law firms to donate acetate sheets for PPE production
Plastic A4 covers converted into face masks for NHS workers

London lawyer in Frozen lockdown parody
Charlotte Fisher dons Disney character Elsa get-up to raise funds for NHS charities