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Most Lists 2016: There are lots of junior women solicitors, but everywhere...
Being a law firm partner, a QC or even a rookie barrister is largely a man’s game The legal profession is increasingly being accused of structural sexism for the way it favours men in senior roles —...
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Bristol corporate law firms club together to pay for a legal aid trainee
Michael Gove is going to love this The four largest commercial firms in Bristol have clubbed together to part-fund the £37,500 annual cost of a legal aid training contract at the Avon & Bristol Law...
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Junior corporate solicitor quits law to become boxing promoter
Former CMS Cameron McKenna legacy firm man, 29, to use legal skills to emulate Don King A former corporate lawyer at CMS Cameron McKenna legacy firm Dundas & Wilson has gone public with the story...
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Author of criminal law bible profiled in Mail Online as relationship guru
Jonathan Herring — of ‘Criminal Law: Texts, Cases and Materials’ fame — has diversified A top Oxford law academic and textbook author has turned his hand to relationship advice, with his skills feted...
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Supreme Court hears joint enterprise case that could shake up criminal law...
Key legal principle could be overhauled — and the whole process is being charted live via video and social media The Supreme Court is hearing a potentially groundbreaking case this week — and you don’t...
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New Legally Blonde film could feature Elle Woods as a Supreme Court judge
Reese Witherspoon has serious ambitions for her character Fourteen years after we were treated to classic law-based chick flick ‘Legally Blonde’, lead actress Reese Witherspoon has delighted fans by...
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Halloween is coming: Witch takes ‘world’s best-known warlock’ to court over...
Witches versus warlocks — but who will triumph in court? A self-proclaimed “witch priestess” is taking a famous warlock to court over accusations of harassment. Lori Sforza (pictured top left) — who...
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The top 15 law fair freebies of 2015
The stash creating the biggest stir on campus 15. Bags from Burges Salmon An oldie but a goodie. Burges Salmon’s tote bags are the perfect place to store your other law school freebies and all the law...
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Humans star Gemma Chan reveals that she nearly joined Slaughter and May
Oxford law graduate did vac scheme at magic circle firm Humans star and Oxford law graduate Gemma Chan has revealed that she almost joined elite City law firm Slaughter and May before deciding to...
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Blogging ex-judge gives exclusive insight into one of most influential cases...
Former Court of Appeal man reveals what it was like to decide Re A (conjoined twins) Lawyers have been given backstage access to one of the Court of Appeal’s most influential judgments, thanks to an...
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Top Blackstone Chambers QC rejects Oxford prof’s claim that technology will...
Lawyers survived email and Twitter — and they’ll survive everything else, predicts David Pannick QC A leading QC has publicly rejected claims from a top Oxford professor that the legal profession will...
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Lawyers: a car park comparison
Image captures difference between haves and have-nots in corporate law A photograph that appeared on image sharing app Instagram earlier this month has helpfully illustrated the difference between...
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City law firm trainee pukes on senior colleagues at awards ceremony
Stephenson Harwood rookie “extremely embarrassed” after vomiting on three associates A leading City law firm has pledged to teach its trainees to drink more responsibly after one reportedly got so...
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Not accepting students with 2:2s is ‘discriminatory’, argues top legal academic
Dr Steven Vaughan says degree class doesn’t tell the whole story Ex-City lawyer and leading academic Dr Steven Vaughan has argued that legal employers are wrong to insist on graduates having 2:1s —...
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The unintentionally positive effects of the Witchcraft Act are still being...
Laws against witchcraft were pivotal in the creation of modern concepts of evidence; they also gave women a voice in court as witnesses Halloween is nearly upon us and witches have been enjoying their...
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Ethnic minority City lawyers still under-represented at the top
Only a handful of internationalist firms reflect diversity of the general UK population The partnerships of City law firms continue to be dominated by white lawyers, despite a more ethnically diverse...
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There is a new contender for the worst attempt at a fraudulent personal...
Police release footage of fake slip that saw man jailed for fraud A man has been jailed for nine months after staging a hilariously dramatic fall in an Asda supermarket in a bid to secure personal...
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City lawyers can’t agree if they should fill the legal aid gap
National Pro Bono week kicks off with a disagreement about Justice Secretary Michael Gove’s grand plan Top City lawyers are divided about whether it is their responsibility to plug the legal aid gap...
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Chelsea FC-mad corporate lawyer tells Liverpool fans to ‘crawl back to your...
Partner at London office of US firm latest to be caught out by YouTube and Twitter A staunch Chelsea FC fan and top City lawyer has referred to Liverpool FC fans as “scouse scum” in a hot-tempered...
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Two already huge London megalaw firms are set to get even bigger
Dentons to reach the 100 office mark, as Eversheds gears up to crack the US UK commercial law giants Dentons and Eversheds have set their sights on international domination, with each of the firms...
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