Tag: COVID-19

SRA: Trainees can qualify before completing Professional Skills Course

But must finish all modules within one year of being admitted

Apr 24 2020 11:02am

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

Apr 23 2020 1:43pm

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

Apr 23 2020 12:58pm

Sussex Uni law student leads call for tuition fee cuts as lectures move online

COVID-19: Petition received almost 300 student signatures

Apr 23 2020 11:55am

Biotech start-up calls on law firms to donate acetate sheets for PPE production

Plastic A4 covers converted into face masks for NHS workers

Apr 23 2020 11:17am

London lawyer in Frozen lockdown parody

Charlotte Fisher dons Disney character Elsa get-up to raise funds for NHS charities

Apr 23 2020 9:21am

Clifford Chance defers partner profits and freezes salary reviews in wake of virus

Follows similar financial measures by magic circle counterparts

Apr 22 2020 10:31am

How law students can make the most of the lockdown

From virtual vac schemes to volunteering -- wannabe lawyers should use their time wisely, advises LPC student Charlotte Capper

Apr 22 2020 9:07am

Irwin Mitchell delays trainee start dates by six months in response to pandemic

Exclusive: New starters will now join in February 2021

Apr 21 2020 2:01pm

Justices appear ‘virtually’ during Supreme Court swearing-in ceremony

Lord Justice Leggatt joins top bench amid pandemic lockdown

Apr 21 2020 1:43pm

Gateley furloughs trainee solicitors

Some rookies may also have qualification dates pushed back in response to pandemic

Apr 20 2020 2:21pm

Solicitors’ charity launches £1 million coronavirus hardship fund

SBA to help lawyers in serious financial difficulty

Apr 20 2020 10:34am

No plans to delay SQE because of Covid-19, says regulator

SRA responds to Durham Law School chief’s call for super-exam to be postponed in light of pandemic

Apr 20 2020 9:28am

Pro bono group pits solicitors against barristers in ‘virtual fitness challenge’

Raising funds for charities impacted by COVID-19 in the process

Apr 17 2020 10:56am

Business but not as usual: Lawyers share ‘work from home’ snaps on social media

Including one trainee with a paralegal pet tortoise

Apr 17 2020 9:33am

Kim Kardashian tackles tort law with Tiger King themed question

Carole Baskin is one of the options

Apr 16 2020 10:44am

Don’t furlough staff to protect profits, ex-magic circle partner warns

Former Linklaters lawyer warns bosses not to leap straight for taxpayer cash

Apr 16 2020 9:20am

Norton Rose Fulbright’s four-day week plans get green light

COVID-19 latest: Eligible staff vote in favour of move that will see some work fewer hours for less pay

Apr 15 2020 1:18pm

Pinsent Masons offers virtual summer vacation scheme

As Vinson & Elkins wraps up the first of its online programmes

Apr 15 2020 12:24pm

Get out of bed and put on a shirt, judge tells Zooming lawyers

Makes plea after lawyers online etiquette falls short

Apr 15 2020 10:52am