Tag: News

95% of top law firms predict ‘massive consolidation’ over next two years

The firm you join as a trainee may not be the firm at which you qualify

Jan 27 2015 12:55pm

Ex-Shearman & Sterling lawyer goes viral with YouTube rap

Unlikely social media sensation of the week ...

Jan 27 2015 11:01am

City firm tries to boost women partner numbers by getting female trainees to talk more about career development

Herbert Smith Freehills' new women trainee network is part of firm's bid to make its partnership 30% female

Jan 27 2015 9:43am

Morning round up: Tuesday 27 January

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Jan 27 2015 8:11am

‘Law Undergraduate of the Year’ competition removes minimum A-level requirement after Twitter uproar

AAB requirement no longer applies, confirms City law firm sponsor

Jan 26 2015 2:45pm

Junior barrister arrested following death of boyfriend in Temple flat

Strand Chambers' Henry Hendron has been bailed until March

Jan 26 2015 11:40am

Like the Ritz, Grayling’s embarrassing ‘Global Law Summit’ is open to all

Join the Justice Secretary, some arms dealers and Cherie Blair to toast the Magna Carta

Jan 26 2015 10:07am

Morning round-up: Monday 26 January

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Jan 26 2015 8:05am

Barristers bombard Guardian journo with spoof otter-watching texts after overhearing her mobile number outside court

Tedium of waiting for jurors to come to a verdict was relieved by a practical joke on a hack

Jan 23 2015 11:47am

Alternative careers: junior solicitor launches cat cafe to help stressed out students

Feline-themed venture by Maclay Murray & Spens lawyer could be purrrfect for beleaguered legal hopefuls

Jan 23 2015 10:56am

Clifford Chance’s Aysh Chaudhry saga — a sad and salutary tale

Global mega firm caught between a rock and a hard place as fall-out from YouTube rant lingers

Jan 23 2015 8:17am

Morning round up: Friday 23 January

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Jan 23 2015 7:59am

Do you even lit bro?

This lawyer has torn up the law firm profile rule book -- presumably with his bare hands.

Jan 22 2015 2:22pm

Dentons merges with China’s Dacheng to become the biggest law firm ever to grace the planet

London firm quiet on prospects for trainees in wake of China merger

Jan 22 2015 12:12pm

‘My day on a plate’: law student edition

Coffee, Red Bull, crisps, lager ...

Jan 22 2015 10:04am

Morning round up: Thursday 22 January

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Jan 22 2015 8:02am

University offers module in marijuana law

Legalisation of marijuana in Colorado set to spawn generation of weed lawyers

Jan 21 2015 1:25pm

Bar Standards Board makes grovelling apology after being savaged by top judge

Professional body found to have withheld key evidence by Court of Appeal

Jan 21 2015 12:07pm

The first City law firm trainee retention rate of 2015 has been released

Trowers & Hamlins' 82% figure bodes well, but it's early days yet

Jan 21 2015 10:30am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 21 January

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Jan 21 2015 8:07am

London office of US firm launches unpaid vac scheme-lite for first year students

Weil Gotshal & Manges cites an “increasingly competitive environment” in move to target ever-younger students, who will be working for free

Jan 20 2015 6:33pm