Twelve international City law firms have signed up to help develop a new ‘one-stop shop’ providing artificial intelligence (AI) software to lawyers.

Several firms have moved to defend themselves from accusations that their gender pay gap reporting has been rendered meaningless because the reports exclude data on partners.

Top earners at Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP and Pinsent Masons LLP have had their remuneration increased to approximately £3.1 million.

A new data law committee formed by the City of London Law Society (CLLS) will offer the government the expertise of specialists at City law firms to ensure that data can continue to flow freely in between the United Kingdom and European Union in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The UK’s status as a global hub for legal services will continue after Brexit, but securing a “bespoke” deal that gives UK and EU lawyers maximum mutual access to each other’s markets is key for future growth, a City lobby group has said.

City Law School has joined the Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme, aimed at improving social mobility in the legal profession.

Junior partners at City law firm Withers LLP are facing a cash call of up to £42,000, dependent on their seniority, in an attempt to make partners “participate more fully” in the business.  

Farrer & Co LLP is due to welcome its first cohort of solicitor apprentices in Autumn 2022, with The University of Law selected by the firm to deliver the academic programme aspect of the apprenticeship.

Pogust Goodhead sparks new movement in the salary war among City law firms, following an agreement with a US fund manager that could see the firm’s junior lawyers earn up to £2 million each over three years. 

City firms have revealed plans to reduce office space, as lawyers forecast remote working to become the new norm.

Charles Plant, chairman of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, has asked the legal profession to question its recruitment methods.

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A team of students from City Law School has won the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition.

From later this month, City Law School's LPC and BPTC students can get involved with a new clinic run in partnership with human rights organisation Liberty.

City lawyers have “very poor” knowledge of the Solicitors Regulation Authority Handbook, according to the findings of a leading legal academic.

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Three international law firms have teamed up with City University London to offer LLM students the chance to apply for three high-quality internships.