Suella Braverman KC has labelled law students and trainees as "snowflakes" for signing a petition calling for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) to be reformed.

In-house lawyers say that the quality of training sessions can influence whether or not they instruct a firm, in results, so far, in RollOnFriday's survey of their sector. So it may be time to upgrade ...

As trainees prepare to enter stationery cupboards, form a chrysalis, and then emerge as real solicitors in the autumn, Linklaters and Clifford Chance are the latest firms to announce their retention ...

When the creator loses control of the creation. Tom Goodhead, the co-founder of Pogust Goodhead, has been replaced as CEO of his own firm while he goes "on leave", RollOnFriday understands. Goodhead, ...

As the City pay war continues, more firms have come out with their megaphones to announce NQ salary rises (but swiftly thrown their megaphones to the floor, when asked about salary for other ...

RollOnFriday's Best Law Firms to Work At 2025: The bottom firms for work/life balance ...

Charles Russell and Speechly Bircham merged on 1 November 2014 to form Charles Russell Speechlys. Disappointingly, neither of RoF's predictions for the new name, Rustling Birch and Bircham Russell, ...

The SRA will take no action against a Fieldfisher associate who was found to have deliberately lied in her account of being sexually assaulted by a colleague. The regulator was investigating the ...

A law firm without a website has been saved a job by a disgruntled opponent who's made one for it. Only it’s not very complimentary. The targeted business, which ROF shall call 'Croc LLP', is a real ...

Womble Bond Dickinson's flagship Newcastle office building has been vandalised by pro-Palestinian activists. The firm moved into The Spark, situated on the 24-acre Helix business campus, in 2023. Its ...

An intern has been expelled from US law firm Sidley Austin for biting people. The law student chomped on five people, RollOnFriday has confirmed. 'Bitegirl', who was undertaking a paid internship in ...

When picking which firm to instruct, quality of advice is the most important factor, in-house lawyers have said in results so far, in RollOnFriday's survey of their sector. Asked to vote on the key ...