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Solicitor who bombarded colleague with offensive messages avoids strike-off...
Fined £5,000 A solicitor who sent a string of offensive messages to a colleague has been handed a lifeline by a tribunal after it found that a reduction in the medication he was on led to the...
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Hold off on super-exam decision for six more months, MPs urge
Another day, another delay? The Justice Committee has written to the Legal Services Board (LSB), who are in the process of deciding whether to approve or reject the solicitor super-exam, requesting...
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Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Pinsent Masons, Irwin Mitchell, Womble...
Apply to attend our latest student commercial awareness event as part of the Secrets to Success series As the technological change sweeping society gathers pace, and the legal profession feels the full...
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Law Society recommends 3% boost to minimum trainee salary
£21,561 in London and £19,122 elsewhere — but figures only guidance and not enforceable The Law Society has recommended a 3% rise to the minimum salary for trainee solicitors across England and Wales....
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Ex-Clifford Chance trainee who failed in bid to sue Oxford University over...
Permission to appeal original decision also refused A University of Oxford graduate and former Clifford Chance trainee is facing a bill of up to £75,000 after failing to convince the High Court he was...
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Latham & Watkins managing partner RESIGNS after admitting ‘exchange of...
Legal profession rocked by new misconduct scandal Latham & Watkins global chair and managing partner has resigned from the firm after admitting to conduct involving the “exchange of communications...
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Baker McKenzie and Simmons & Simmons reveal 80% plus retention scores
Spring season gathers pace International corporate duo Baker McKenzie and Simmons & Simmons have unveiled their spring retention scores. First up, Bakers. The outfit’s City office has retained 14...
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Lindsay Lohan is now the face of a lawyer search engine
No, seriously Lindsay Lohan has become the unlikely new face of a legal directory. The Mean Girls star, who has had more than her fair share of brushes with the law, is now the official spokesperson of...
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Solicitor who describes himself as ‘probably the best drink drive lawyer’ in...
Altaf Hussain called a ‘scumbag’ and ‘unprofessional’, but defends post A solicitor has come under fire for a LinkedIn post he made about TV presenter Ant McPartlin, who has recently been charged with...
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Tech is about keeping up in a data rich world, not getting rid of lawyers
Top law students should expect to be more in demand than ever, say Travers Smith experts Left to right: Alex Fisher, Barney Stannard, Nicki Woodfall, Emily Clark and Dan Reavill The sharp increase in...
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Junior solicitor ditches law to become a clown
But confesses comical career change isn’t ‘financially stable’ Image credit: Phoebe Mason A junior solicitor has quit the legal rat race to pursue her dream of becoming a professional clown. Phoebe...
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There’s now a ‘Secret Solicitor’ on the Twitter scene
The Secret Barrister moniker inspires law firm counterpart, but tells Legal Cheek he doubts he’ll be as successful A solicitor has chosen to use an anonymous Twitter handle to speak “very frankly and...
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Allen & Overy partner to give evidence before MPs on abuse of non-disclosure...
Magic circle titan hit headlines over historic role in Harvey Weinstein scandal An Allen & Overy partner is set to appear before a parliamentary committee this week after it emerged that the magic...
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Clifford Chance reveals 44% gender pay gap – but figure includes mega-earning...
First firm to calculate its salary statistic in this way Clifford Chance has gone beyond statutory requirements to post a gender pay gap that includes its partners. It’s the first firm to publish its...
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Solicitor super-exam one step closer to reality following watchdog approval
Goodbye LPC and GDL? The regulator’s plans to overhaul legal education moved a step closer to reality today, after its application to introduce a centralised super-exam was approved by the Legal...
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Ten secrets shared on how to secure pupillage
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s Secrets to Success event in Leeds, criminal barrister turned ULaw dean Tom Macdonald gives his top tips Tom Macdonald Tom Macdonald is the dean of The University of Law in Leeds....
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‘When I interviewed for Slaughter and May I was living as a man called...
Legal Cheek interviews transgender lawyer Clare Fielding On the day news broke that Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) had become the first law firm in the country to fund employees’ gender affirmation...
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I haven’t heard back from my vac scheme interview for six weeks — what should...
I emailed a month ago but the firm ignored me In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one wannabe solicitor is keen for an update on her interview progress, but doesn’t know how to...
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The partner problem means law firm gender pay gap stats are pretty useless
A clutter of results impossible to compare As the April deadline for gender pay gap reporting fast approaches, the inclusion of partners in law firms’ releases has, suddenly, become the norm. When data...
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‘Her credentials speak for themselves’: CPS chief Alison Saunders to join...
Magic circle bound after controversial five-year tenure The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Alison Saunders, will join magic circle outfit Linklaters later this year. Saunders will make the...
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