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The changing fortunes of Dublin as a legal centre from the eyes of a lawyer...
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘The rise of Dublin as a global legal centre’, Pinsent Masons senior associate Marilyn Cooney reflects on her career to date Pinsent Masons’ Marilyn Cooney “It’s difficult to...
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Weil Gotshal boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £120,000
As it ups LPC maintenance grant by 25% The London office of US giant Weil Gotshal & Manges has upped newly qualified (NQ) solicitor pay by 4%. NQs at the New York-headquartered firm’s London office...
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Lawyer bloggers given access to family courts in bid to combat ‘racy’ press...
Pilot scheme will run until June next year A first-of-its-kind blog by a lawyer reporting directly from a family court was published this week. Written by Lucy Reed, family law barrister at St John’s...
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Linklaters bumps junior lawyer base rate pay to £83,000
Magic circle titan’s rookies also handed rises Linklaters has boosted the pay packets of its newly qualified (NQ) solicitors and trainees in London. The magic circle player confirmed today that its...
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Baker McKenzie’s lawyers and trainees can now wear jeans
But global giant’s recently relaxed dress code policy does not extend to leggings, flip-flops or trainers Lawyers at Baker McKenzie can now wear smart jeans around the office following recent tweaks to...
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner gives law students a taste of trainee life with...
It’s not the first time a City law firm has embraced headset-style tech The VR headset Aspiring City lawyers can now get a flavour of life as a trainee through a pair of virtual reality goggles. As...
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Free Representation Unit teams up with The Secret Barrister in new...
Blogging heavyweight becomes legal charity’s first anonymous patron The Free Representation Unit (FRU) has called on the services of legal Twitterati titan The Secret Barrister (SB) in a bid to raise...
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SRA awarded £700,000 to fund ‘robolawyer’ projects
Taxpayers’ cash will help support AI innovations within the legal services sector The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today been awarded just shy of £700,000 in taxpayers’ cash to fund...
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Training contract numbers at UK’s top corporate law firms on the rise
But only just The number of places across the leading corporate firms has risen by 0.5%, Legal Cheek can reveal. This slither of positivity comes as City players release their graduate recruitment...
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Legal Entrepreneurs Podcast: From Linklaters lawyer to CrowdJustice pioneer
Julia Salasky talks law and business Julia Salasky They say that knowledge is power: “One secret I’ve learnt,” founder of legal crowdfunding platform CrowdJustice Julia Salasky, reveals, “is that...
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Transgender lawyer sues Father Ted creator for allegedly publishing tweets...
It is understood to be UK’s first ‘deadnaming’ case Stephanie Hayden and Graham Linehan A transgender lawyer has filed a High Court claim against the creator of Father Ted after he allegedly referred...
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Lawyers discuss stolen ruby slippers, Van Gogh and Boy George’s Christian...
Six thousand descend on Italian capital for week-long law ‘mingle-athon’ Lawyers specialising in art theft are definitely at the glamorous end of the practice area-spectrum. So it was no surprise to...
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11 things law students need to know about legal design
Members of Norton Rose Fulbright’s innovation team share their insights on the hot commercial awareness topic of 2018 Law firms have invested in the latest legal tech products and launched innovation...
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Ashurst keeps 19 out of 21 qualifying trainees
Autumn retention score of 90% The London office of international law firm Ashurst has posted an autumn retention score of 90%. The silver circle player confirmed that 19 of its 21 autumn qualifiers had...
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Legal consultant fined £2,000 for leaving confidential client papers in his...
His current whereabouts are unknown A legal consultant has been rebuked and fined by the regulator for leaving confidential client papers in his garden. Samuel Obiorah left the private legal docs...
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IBA Conference: Law firms’ offices need to take account of millennials’...
Successful spaces will be designed to offer ‘lifestyle’ not just a place to work Steven Martin pictured with a law firm’s ‘collaboration space’ The aspirations and values of the next generation of...
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8 City law firms pledge to improve lawyer wellbeing
On World Mental Health Day Eight leading City law firms have pledged to change avoidable working practices that can cause mental health issues for their lawyers. The Mindful Business charter, developed...
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Successful lawyers are good at the basics
Apply the law and understand your client’s business and you will do well whatever changes technology brings, says RPC’s Dan Guilfoyle ahead of InsurTech, the law and new opportunities for future...
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Law Society to rent out chunk of Chancery Lane HQ as major refurbishment...
Still no word on cost The Law Society of England and Wales on 113 Chancery Lane The Law Society of England and Wales is to rent out a chunk of its historic Chancery Lane headquarters in a bid to raise...
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British lawtech entrepreneur launches app that lets you swipe right to ‘sue...
Legal action for the Tinder generation? A British lawtech entrepreneur has launched a new app that allows members of the public to “sue anyone” with the swipe of a button Joshua Browder, a computer...
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