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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In The RollOnFriday In-House Lawyer Survey 2025, perhaps unsurprisingly, brash lawyers are getting some stick. One in-house lawyer in banking singled out a City firm: “Every time I deal with their ...

They added a dashed box and opted for coloured outlines. The minimal art, maximal text approach is clean, but busy: 5/10. Next up was the judge’s effort.

The SRA has authorised the country's first purely AI-based firm to provide legal services. While many firms now use AI to support their business, it is the first time an all-AI platform has been ...

The Good Law Project is crowdfunding to sue Morrison & Foerster for discrimination after the US firm decided against taking on a case brought by a transman. Founded by former tax barrister and fox ...