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SRA will not have to pay Leigh Day’s multi-million pound legal bill, tribunal...
Two partners and a junior solicitor were cleared of wrongdoing earlier this year The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) will not have to pay Leigh Day’s multi-million pound legal bill following its...
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Battle of the baubles: The official Legal Cheek law Xmas tree round-up 🎄
Everything from a grand grotto scene to an upcycled milk carton tree It’s that time of year again when lawyers, embracing the holiday spirit, dust off their baubles, arrange their tinsel and turn their...
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Dogs descend on Eversheds Sutherland in new wellbeing initiative
Think of it as a canine-friendly vac scheme It was tummy rubs all round at Eversheds Sutherland on Friday as an army of dogs invaded the firm’s plush London office. The international outfit’s...
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On secondment during my TC in San Francisco
Clyde & Co’s Madeleine Shanks on legal life in the world’s tech capital Most of us would jump at the chance to work abroad. One perk of training at a global megafirm like Clyde & Co is its...
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Revealed: The firms that offer the most client secondments
As a trainee you could get the chance to do a stint at Goldman Sachs, Google or Gillingham Council Google, HSBC and Amazon’s London offices You might think you’ve only made it in the City if you get...
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Advice for aspiring lawyers from RPC, Google and Uber
These are the skills that law students need to start developing for the new digital age Left to right: Stuart Harris, Kandarp Thakar and Oliver Bray We live in a world where big tech companies are like...
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Clifford Chance trainee blogging as The Lean Lawyer goes viral with anti-diet...
Future corporate lawyer has 61,000 followers A fitness blogger training to be a solicitor at Clifford Chance has given dieting the middle finger, telling her 61,000 Instagram followers she eats pizza...
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How my vac scheme led straight to a training contract
Ahead of the 3 January application deadline for the CMS Academy, trainee-to-be Euan Alston looks tells Alex Wade about his route into the firm “I’ve got no regrets at all. I’m very pleased to be going...
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My journey from Manchester Uni law student to Clifford Chance banking &...
Ahead of Clifford Chance’s 3 January training contract and vacation scheme application deadline, Nikhita Suria looks back on her journey with the firm to date, which has been enriched by the firm’s...
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The law firms with the best social life 2017-18
Amish or Amal? Corporate law and social life are not usually two things you would put together. Long hours, multiple deadlines and demanding partners can often leave little opportunity to unwind and...
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The first year of a law degree is pivotal: Here’s how to spend it well
Ahead of the 7 January application deadline for Ahead with Ashurst, Kelley McPherson explains how she’s now reaping the rewards of seeds she sewed in first year The first year of a degree has a bad rep...
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‘A social mobility programme helped me secure a training contract with Hogan...
Megan Stewart went from vac schemer to future trainee and now she wants to help others realise their lawyer dreams Megan Stewart Megan Stewart knew very early on in her legal studies that she wanted to...
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Legal Cheek’s alternative predictions for 2018
2017 was quite a ride — this year could be even more of a rollercoaster Spring A photo of Allen & Overy’s senior partner skateboarding to work is leaked to Legal Cheek in late January — and...
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Lawyers spend nearly £30k on work clothes and three months planning what to wear
More stress codes than dress codes New research reveals lawyers spend £26,508 on work clothes over the course of their careers. This staggering sum is both more than the average annual wage in the UK...
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Beyond the City: From vacation scheme to solicitor in Europe’s coolest city
Ahead of Burges Salmon’s vac scheme application deadline on 11 January, solicitor Sarah Raby tells Natalie Kaminski about her route into the firm When thinking about kick starting a commercial law...
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The law firms with the best work/life balance — 2018 edition
Good money plus good hours is a winning combination Law is not the career for someone who hopes to saunter into the office at lunchtime and be back home in time to catch the end of Tipping Point. But...
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I am worried STEM students will scupper my training contract chances
Do City firms still want law graduates? In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one wannabe lawyer asks whether a law degree still carries clout among City firms. “I have read your...
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Young solicitor who faked documents to hide mistake is struck off
She’d only been qualified for three years A 31-year-old associate has been booted out of the profession by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for producing misleading insurance documents and...
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Technology: Disrupting the law and lawyers — with Travers Smith
Apply to attend Legal Cheek‘s first event of 2018 For our first event of 2018 we will be looking at some of the themes that are set to feature prominently during the year ahead. Technology will...
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City law firms’ gender pay gap revealed: Herbert Smith Freehills, CMS and...
Stark stats to be approached with caution Gender pay gaps of between approximately a fifth and a third have been revealed at three of the country’s biggest law firms. Thanks to the Equality Act 2010...
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