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January 18th in Careers, Education, Fees, Law School, Recession, Students, Unemployment by Editor .

Law School Bashing

An international phenomenon…

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January 17th in Careers, Credit Crunch, Job Search, Law Firms, Legal News, Recession by Editor .

Good news on retention rates and practicing certificate figures

2011 is starting with a more positive backdrop than the last two years…

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November 17th in Associates, Careers, Recession by Editor .

Lawyer: Alternative Careers

Desperate times, desperate measures…

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October 11th in Court, Current Affairs, Legal News, Recession by Editor .

Nassim Taleb: Sue Nobel Panel for Financial Crisis

A fresh legal perspective on the financial crisis…

September 24th in Bevan Brittan, Legal News, Recession, Redundancy by Editor .

Redundancy Watch: Bevan Brittan

Public sector specialist sees third round of redundancies…

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August 17th in Bad Law, Legal News, Recession, Romance by Editor .

Cohabitation Gets Lawyers Excited

Coupling up and moving in together has been great for lawyers…

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June 28th in Halliwells, Legal News, Recession by Editor .

Halliwells Administration Update

Stricken firm “close to securing a deal with a rival”…

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June 14th in Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, CMS Cameron McKenna, Halliwells, Recession by Editor .

Tight times at Halliwells, Camerons and BLG

The effects of recession continue to bite…

May 6th in Associates, Careers, Legal News, Recession, Romance by Editor .

Improving Picture May Spark Law Firm Weddings

Hogan Lovells may be a sign of things to come…

April 23rd in Careers, Recession, Students, Trainees by Editor .

“Trainee jobs market tougher than ever”

No prizes for guessing why…

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March 24th in Crime, Legal News, Money Laundering, National, Recession by Editor .

Lawyers Getting Duped

Money laundering, e-mail scams – solicitors are on the ball…aren’t they?

March 23rd in Careers, Legal News, Recession, Redundancy by Editor .

Law Society: Overspecialisation Has Stuffed Young Lawyers

You may know this already. First hand…
But there are alternatives (note pic).

March 16th in Careers, Money, Recession, Shoosmiths, Students, Trainees by Editor .

Shoosmiths wants new trainees

After a rather trainee-unfriendly 2009, Shoosmiths restarts its trainee recruitment programme…

March 5th in City, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Latham & Watkins, Morgan Lewis, Recession, U.S. Firms, White & Case by Editor .

U.S. City Hires Down, U.S. City Raids Up

U.S. Firms in London don’t want unknown quantities but they’re happy to raid each other for whole teams…

March 4th in Careers, City, Recession by Editor .

City law losing its attraction

First it was bankers getting itchy feet over UK taxes, now foreign law firms are cooling on the City…