Do expect big things from lawtech, don’t learn to code
Lawyers from RPC and Hardwicke consider the future of litigation Legal technology is at a “tipping point” that could see some aspects of practice revolutionised over the coming years, but not...
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Poll: 70% of lawyers are unhappy Article 50 has been triggered, compared to...
Legal profession staying true to its pro-EU ways On the day the Prime Minister took the plunge and notified the European Union of the United Kingdom’s intention to leave, we asked our Twitter followers...
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Law firm that handed back controversial £300,000 grant is closed down by SRA
It’s been a busy few weeks for Asons Solicitors Asons Solicitors has been closed down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The outfit — founded in 2008 by Dr Imran Akram and Kamran Akram — hit...
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Bearded hipsters flog ‘revolutionary AI’ to global law firm partner ‘Gully...
Lawtech craze inspires pre-April Fools hilarity Was Allen & Overy’s launch earlier this week of a “tech innovation space” at its offices “on the boundary of Shoreditch and the City of London” peak...
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And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards are…
Osborne Clarke and Baker McKenzie each bag brace as Burges Salmon scoops overall award and Slaughter and May wins ‘Most Admired’ Yesterday evening the big hitters from the world of City law gathered in...
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang to cough up £250,000 as 25 future...
Legal Cheek revealed details of the offer back in November CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang (CMS) will dish out a total of £250,000 in deferral payments after 25 of the firm’s future trainees agreed...
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The best things about representing a law firm on campus
As the application deadline nears for Norton Rose Fulbright’s 12 university manager positions, King’s College London second year law student Brian Ramamoorthy looks back on what he has learned from the...
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Online petition calling on government to shelve late opening hours for courts...
Lawyers with young children could be placed at a disadvantage Newcastle Crown Court An online petition calling on the government to halt plans to introduce late court opening hours across England and...
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Berwin Leighton Paisner to offer City trainees secondments at its Manchester hub
As international outfit confirms first northern rookie lawyers Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is offering its City-based trainees a secondment option in Manchester. The firm — which posted a...
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BPP unveils two new LLM programmes tailored to practice as a solicitor or...
And both are eligible for government student loans BPP Law School (Holborn) BPP Law School has unveiled two new postgraduate programmes tailored specifically to wannabe solicitors and barristers. The...
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I’ve been paid! QC dismisses report claiming she is owed £200,000 following...
Catherine Newman QC says she received money in full despite featuring in administrators statement A commercial silk has told Legal Cheek that a news story which states she is owed £200,000 in legal...
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The problem with low cost legal hubs is that law graduates don’t want to work...
Students say ‘no thanks’ to northshoring It was the dawn of a grand new vision for City of London law firms. Keen to cut costs at a time of brutal market conditions following the 2008 financial crisis,...
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Bog roll bust-up: London lawyer sends incredible email to flatmates...
So. Much. Cringe. A leaked email has revealed an incredible bog roll related bust-up between a young City lawyer and his two flatmates. In a rather passive aggressive message sent to his housemates (in...
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Baker McKenzie keeps 13 of its 16 spring qualifiers
International outfit’s London office racks up 81% retention score Baker McKenzie has kept hold of 13 of its 16 newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers. The international outfit, which has 76 offices across 49...
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‘Pink Floyd’s manager tricked me into becoming a lawyer’
Why media law partner Mark Stephens has always felt like an outsider in his profession Pink Floyd This is the first piece in a series of editorial by Legal Cheek exploring the different motivations and...
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Hogan Lovells launches free global mentoring service to help guide...
International giant joins growing City trend Hogan Lovells has become the latest law firm to throw its support behind the potentially lucrative world of financial technology by providing a free...
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Research: Over 90% of young lawyers are suffering from work-related stress
Almost half blame law firm partners New research has suggested that more than 90% of young lawyers have felt under “too much emotional or mental pressure” at work in the past month. The study is part...
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From Exeter to Ashurst: How being a campus ambassador helped me secure a...
Ahead of Ashurst’s campus ambassador application deadline, Rebecca Fenton reflects on what she got out of the role — which the firm offers at 11 unis Rebecca Fenton, an English Literature student in...
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Leeds Metropolitan law grad who claimed he ‘attended’ Yale University on CV...
He had actually submitted a research paper, which wasn’t even published Left to right: Leeds Metropolitan University and Yale University A Leeds Metropolitan University law graduate who claimed he had...
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200 ex-KWM staff given go-ahead to bring employment claim following firm’s...
Just a week after the defunct EUME arm’s debts were laid bare An employment tribunal claim brought by around 200 former employees of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has been given the go-ahead. The...
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