Lawyers

Credit system applies to activities including organising D&I events and mentoring underrepresented colleagues Lawyers at Hogan Lovells have been told that time spent on diversity and inclusion (D&I) activities can count towards their billing targets. The new initiative means associates ...

Exclusive: Junior barrister tells Legal Cheek he’s looking forward to ‘knocking out each and every one of the BSB charges’ Henry Hendron Scandal-hit barrister Henry Hendron is set to appear before a bar disciplinary tribunal next month, four years after ...

Tie-ups come as regulator defends super-exam’s MCQ format BARBRI has entered into partnerships with the University of Sussex and a national paralegal association to prepare aspiring solicitors to sit the new super-exam. The legal education provider will offer students and ...

SRA seeks to protect rookies qualifying under new regime The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned law firms not to take “unfair advantage” of trainees qualifying under the new super-exam regime, stressing that there should be more to work placements ...

Regulator launches action plan The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has urged chambers to take “positive action” to boost diversity within the profession, including targeted adverts to recruit aspiring barristers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds into work experience ...

Up to 24 lawyer positions at risk Global behemoth Dentons has kicked off a redundancy consultation which could affect up to 24 lawyers across its UK offices — but stresses cuts will be “significantly reduced” with the creation of new ...

Six-month pilot The University of Hertfordshire has teamed up with legal charity Citizens Advice to launch a pro bono advice clinic staffed by law students. Running for an initial six-month period, the project will see students at Hertfordshire’s law school ...

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 ...