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
Ex-Shearman & Sterling lawyer goes viral with YouTube rap
Unlikely social media sensation of the week ...
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
Morning round up: Tuesday 27 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
‘Law Undergraduate of the Year’ competition removes minimum A-level requirement after Twitter uproar
AAB requirement no longer applies, confirms City law firm sponsor
Junior barrister arrested following death of boyfriend in Temple flat
Strand Chambers' Henry Hendron has been bailed until March
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
Morning round-up: Monday 26 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
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
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
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
Morning round up: Friday 23 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Do you even lit bro?
This lawyer has torn up the law firm profile rule book -- presumably with his bare hands.
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
‘My day on a plate’: law student edition
Coffee, Red Bull, crisps, lager ...
Morning round up: Thursday 22 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
University offers module in marijuana law
Legalisation of marijuana in Colorado set to spawn generation of weed lawyers
Bar Standards Board makes grovelling apology after being savaged by top judge
Professional body found to have withheld key evidence by Court of Appeal
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
Morning round-up: Wednesday 21 January
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
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