Tag: News
Newly-qualified solicitor retention at Hogan Lovells takes a hit amid practice area logjam
Anglo-US firm blames lack of openings in popular practice areas as only 66% of rookie lawyers stay on
Wragge & Co’s idea of ‘fun and games’ leaves a lot to be desired
The good folk over at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co's recruitment department are a laugh a minute
The horror, the horror, cries City solicitor leader at prospect of fresh training review
Uber-regulator takes heavy incoming fire after proposing yet another round of legal education navel gazing for later this year
Disabled student takes on law school over dodgy swipe-card access to library
GDL student's persistence sees City University comply with disability legislation
Law Society purges former chief executive from history books — or at least walls
Specially commissioned painting of hard man ex-boss Des Hudson is quietly removed from pride of place on Chancery Lane walls
UCL prof named ‘Law Teacher of the Year’
Jane Holder beats off competition from, among others, universities of Leeds and Bangor to scoop random popular award
The moment that Saul Goodman reveals where his name came from
It's all good, man
Tory MP snubs QC darling of civil liberties bar in BBC documentary
Conservative awkward squad member Peter Bone quickly rejects invitation to Dinah Rose’s human rights event
The Judge rules: The magic circle is dead! Er … no it’s not
London office of US firm or magic circle?
Lord Justice Leveson to brush up on Scots law as he heads north with Judge Rinder
The nation's favourite TV judges together at last
Morning round-up: Friday 27 February
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Government names and shames law firm for failing to pay paralegal the minimum wage
But Rowe Sparkes Solicitors reckons the low pay was legit
City firms break two-year-in-advance recruitment rule to tout for trainees to start this September
DWF and K&L Gates need law graduates -- and fast
Amal Clooney said to be ‘dodging’ Kim Kardashian’s Doughty Street mini-pupillage plea
Leading reality telly babe desperate for legal work experience, suggest internet gossipmongers, while also claiming there's trouble in Amal-George paradise
Four money-bags barristers in crosshairs if Miliband’s MP earnings cap wins day
Tory Geoffrey Cox QC heads the list with his reported annual haul of more than £800k from the bar, but former Solicitor General would also be in trouble
Social welfare training contract scheme to run every year
Charity’s Justice First Fellowship programme will create eight TCs annually
Legal pic of the day
Baking Bad
Latham & Watkins trounces magic circle with record-breaking earnings
New global top dog raked in nearly £2 billion last year, which buys a lot of hot dogs; while survey shows magic circle slipping in reputation stakes
Global Law Summit website hacked at start of discussion on internet privacy
Global law facepalm
GDL student lit bonfire on roof of flat then tried to put out flames with ‘bottles of urine’
Lawyer dream may be over as student pleads guilty to arson
Ex-senior partner of law summit sponsor Allen & Overy admits regret that ticket price ruled out students
Over 50s discuss the future of law without a young person in sight