Tag: News
Allen & Overy salary rise pushes Slaughter and May to bottom of magic circle payscale
A&O is now the third best-paying out of the five magic circle firms — as elite end of law further detaches from rest of profession
Morning round-up: Friday 17 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Ukrainian court’s Wi-Fi is called ‘Putin is a d*ckhead’
Chris Grayling-loathers may sniff an opportunity
Barrister hit by fit of the giggles while reading Gangsta-style Facebook messages in court
Crown Court judge intervenes as barrister succumbs to uncontrollable laughter
Morning round-up: Thursday 16 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Law school wars: DAC Beachcroft swaps Uni of Law for BPP
National firm's ten-strong annual trainee intake will attend rival provider
Taylor Wessing goes into lockdown to protect identity of partner who made out with first year trainee at welcome party
Gossip raging across City about which "head of department" hooked up with rookie
Morning round-up: Wednesday 15 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Which of the solicitors on tonight’s The Apprentice is most likely to win?
In pre-show video clips, ex-Slaughter and May associate Felipe exudes regret over corporate law choice, while regional solicitor Lauren wants "success at the highest level"
Downton Abbey characters’ horror at Inns of Court poverty
No, the Dowager Countess of Grantham and Isobel Crawley weren't doing a mini-pupillage at a legal aid set
Morning round-up: Tuesday 14 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Law student does moot dressed in Lord Harley-style ribbons
Lord Harley of Counsel may have just become a meme
Law students among the lowest earners in new graduate salary list
Even sociology graduates pull in more than their law counterparts — but figures vary widely between universities
Morning round-up: Monday 13 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
A brief history of ‘near-sourcing’: how Allen & Overy has cut in London and grown in Belfast
A very modern magic circle tale
Another firm closes doors to wannabe trainees who haven’t done its vac scheme
In a tough graduate job market, Mishcon de Reya has calculated that it can afford to make all new recruits do a placement at the firm
Morning round-up: Friday 10 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Meet the puppy who doesn’t bark in court — and helps a diabetic solicitor-advocate to practise
So fluffy, such Goldendoodle
Come ride in my lime green Lamborghini, says law firm boss
Solicitors' firm chief exec loves his car so much that he wants to share it
Morning round-up: Thursday 9 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Twitter row rumbles over of meaning of ‘lawyer’
A leading media rent-a-quote merchant reckons as long as you can say the word, you can adopt the title