Tag: News

Now even the Law Society has fallen into the gavel trap

Its job is to represent every solicitor in England and Wales, but the venerable 192-year-old body needs to brush up on UK court procedure

Mar 11 2015 3:27pm

Under siege bar students build fort out of Archbolds

A pile of 2013 Archbolds finally comes in handy as two wannabe barristers make sensible use of their time in run-up to a key qualification staging post

Mar 11 2015 12:28pm

Hogan Lovells releases revised retention rate of 72%

Hogan Lovells confirm latest Spring 2015 retention rate with revised 72% figure -- with two final trainees sticking with the firm

Mar 11 2015 10:49am

Law student brings disruption to Crufts — but at what cost?

Wannabe lawyer's antics could be a turn-off for law firms and chambers

Mar 11 2015 9:19am

5 ways that ditching the trainee recruitment code could affect how firms treat students

Regulator's controversial decision to abandon trainee recruitment code of practice will make City law graduate hiring more investment bank-like

Mar 10 2015 2:16pm

Amal Clooney joins Columbia University as visiting lecturer

Doughty Street human rights barrister bags prestigious New York gig

Mar 9 2015 9:26am

Magna Carta: the rap battle

BBC children’s telly sketch team pump up the volume over ancient rights

Mar 6 2015 3:01pm

Trainee retention latest: Baker & McKenzie keeps 82% while Nabarro hits 100%

Two more corporate firms find homes for over 80% of their newly-qualifying young

Mar 6 2015 12:28pm

Hogan Lovells lawyer stars in House of Cards as a version of himself

Washington DC-based litigator was originally called in to advise on legal accuracy of scenes in third season

Mar 6 2015 10:47am

The Judge Rules: Training contracts and pupillages should be scrapped

If yet another review of legal education must be launched -- let’s hope regulators have the guts to propose something radical and meaningful

Mar 6 2015 9:08am

Morning round-up: Friday 6 March

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

Mar 6 2015 8:25am

Twitter account publishes full defamation letter issued by George Galloway’s law firm

Chambers Solicitors' drafting reaches a wider audience

Mar 5 2015 5:44pm

Throwback Thursday: Pre-Great Recession, City law firms were all about gymnastics

In a bid for trendiness, franchise giant Eversheds released this adrenaline-fuelled video advert -- three months before the 2008 crash

Mar 5 2015 2:16pm

Maxine Peake to play Martha Costello QC-style role in new animated short film

Star of legal drama Silk is back as you've never seen her before

Mar 5 2015 12:18pm

Ashurst racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 91%

And media niche firm Olswang hits 88%, but on much smaller trainee cohort

Mar 5 2015 10:28am

Ministry of Justice shows ‘breathtaking hypocrisy’ in World Book Day tweet

Grayling's department "looking at how improving prisoners' reading skills helps to reduce reoffending" -- after banning books in prisons and getting smacked down by courts

Mar 5 2015 9:33am

Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer

Fraud squad swooped on Chambers Solicitors in July and arrested two; meanwhile, New York-based former Tory MP reveals she’s had a Gorgeous George letter

Mar 4 2015 5:33pm

Fears of trainee recruitment free-for-all as solicitor watchdog threatens to bin code of practice

Exclusive: Law firms could be allowed to offer training contracts to students before they start uni

Mar 4 2015 3:06pm

George Galloway’s high street firm faces rough ride as media law big guns back twitterati in libel row

Bradford-based Chambers Solicitors has picked quite a fight as regulator is put on alert

Mar 4 2015 10:57am