Lawyers

Magic circle outfit reveals a partner inclusive gender result of 59.9% Allen & Overy (A&O) has fired the starting pistol on a fresh round of pay gap reporting, revealing slight improvements in both its gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Combining ...

New bar study finds rookies ‘particularly vulnerable’ to bullying and harassment Pupil barristers are “particularly vulnerable” to bullying, harassment and discrimination, new research has found, with one bar rookie recalling how they were shouted at by their then-supervisor for leaving ...

Trainees and associates also handed sizeable rises White & Case has upped the salaries of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers by a whopping £25,000. Despite the financial uncertainty the coronavirus pandemic has brought upon City law, the US giant confirmed ...

Replaces training contract from January 2022 DWF’s London office DWF is ditching its traditional training contract programme in favour of a new super-exam friendly graduate apprenticeship. The firm will use the government’s training levy to help fund it. The stock ...

Aims to encourage greater diversity on computer science course Clifford Chance today announced the launch of a new bursary scheme to encourage greater diversity among those studying computer science at Oxford University. The magic circle firm has teamed up with ...

Controversial barrister says he’s ‘taking the matter to court next week’ Henry Hendron Scandal-hit barrister Henry Hendron is at loggerheads with the Bar Council after it rejected his nomination for the upcoming bar elections. The row between the two revolves ...

16 out of 21 stay put Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has posted a trainee solicitor retention score of 76%. The global law firm confirmed 16 of its 21 UK trainees have been retained on permanent deals — 14 in ...

Benchmark set for post-pandemic operations Herbert Smith Freehills’ London office Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has become the latest City law firm to update its agile working policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with lawyers and support staff now excepted ...

US law firm’s London office teams up with Legal Education Foundation The London office of US law firm Skadden has teamed up with a top legal education charity to help support the next generation of ‘social justice’ lawyers. The JUST ...

Blames 11-year-old daughter A Glasgow University law lecturer has gone viral after she tweeted a screenshot of herself attending an important Zoom meeting with the username ‘Professor Gruntasnorus Poo Face’. Fiona Leverick, a professor of criminal law and justice, took ...