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Clifford Chance charges living wage contractors 30 quid entry to Xmas party —...
Clifford Chance security guard’s anonymous Twitter account reveals secrets of life as a magic circle ‘second class citizen’ Someone claiming to be a security officer at Clifford Chance has launched a...
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Winter vac schemes are coming — so relax and get stuck in
Norton Rose Fulbright trainee-to-be Constantine Markides shares the wisdom he gleaned from doing a December placement last year At the end of the programme the firm took us out to Searcys Champagne...
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There is a City law firm version of monopoly
Corporate lawyer monopoly is officially a thing A management consultancy which specialises in advising law firms has risked offending its clients by creating a legal profession version of monopoly...
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Law chiefs battle spooks over client privilege
Bar associations and law societies across the UK line up to wave two fingers at security services and rozzers over Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act UK legal profession leaders set themselves on a...
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Newbie Shadow Solicitor-General takes Twitter fire for getting cold feet over...
When on the backbenches, barrister Karl Turner wouldn’t shut up about the disastrous demise of the system; now he’s a bit quieter For a lesson in Machiavellian politics de nos jours, look no further...
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All bets are off for the best legal profession Christmas tree of 2014
Now this is a law-themed Christmas tree Congratulations to Newcastle corporate law firm Muckle, which has created by far the best legal profession Christmas tree of the year. Its law book-based work of...
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Spotted: another law graduate hustling London commuters for work
De Montfort LLB grad follows UWE law student in hitting the streets Let’s be honest: if you’ve got a 2:1 from a mediocre university you’re going to struggle to get a training contract. And you’ll...
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A solution to the Band Aid lyrics controversy: apply them to lawyers
As the ‘Do they know it’s Christmas’ single is criticised for its “cultural ignorance”, WaitroseLaw wonders if its message would be better-suited to stressed-out lawyers Band Aid 30: the lawyer parody...
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There is an English court where gavels are actually used
Small wooden hammer is not restricted to the US, it emerges The campaign against the use of the American gavel in images relating to the English legal system has been dealt a blow after it emerged that...
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Legal pic of the day
Law firm hit by Viagra hack Essex’s Pride Solicitors is currently having some problems with its website. The full ‘Legal pic of the day’ collection is here. The post Legal pic of the day appeared first...
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Research: 43% of UK partners at magic and silver circle law firms attended...
City law preference for Oxford and Cambridge rises at partner level Approaching half of the UK-based partners at London’s top law firms were educated at Oxbridge, a new survey has found. 44% of...
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Wannabe solicitor launches ‘class action’ against King’s College re-brand
Students fear dropping “college” from uni’s name will hit prestige of their degree — and they want compensation An aspiring solicitor at King’s College London is aiming to bring a “class action” to...
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Christmas sing-a-long: ‘Working in a Mitchell Wonderland’
Now for a Jackson reforms-themed Christmas sing-a-long Working in a Mitchell Wonderland All your cases, are dying; And your cli-ents are crying. You’ve won (or you’ve lost), But you won’t get your...
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The Legal Cheek 2014 end of year quiz
It has been a vintage year for legal news and gossip — but how much of it do you remember? 1) At the beginning of 2014 a UK law graduate placed something unusual for sale on the classified ads website...
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The 10 most-read stories of 2014
Your favourite Legal Cheek posts of the year TEN London law student creates ‘Writ of Summons’ to ask coursemate to law society ball NINE The Ministry of Justice has done one of the worst tweets ever...
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Magic circle firms bring forward vac scheme application deadlines in battle...
Allen & Overy deadline was midnight on New Year’s Eve — leapfrogging rivals, whose deadlines fall in next few days While the rest of Britain spent last night partying, wannabe magic circle lawyers...
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Law Society launches what looks like a mag for ex-jail birds — but it’s...
Ludicrously-titled publication arrives as scourge of clinical negligence lawyers prepares to take Chancery Lane helm Everyone wants a piece of corporate in-house lawyers these days. Indeed, you know...
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Robot solicitors? Firm and uni team up to apply artificial intelligence to law
Potential bad news for training contract hunters of the future … The possibility of robot solicitors has moved a step closer as Liverpool University has teamed up with law firm Riverview in a bid to...
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5 predictions for the legal profession in 2015
A splintering graduate recruitment model will create opportunities for savvy wannabe lawyers, forecasts Legal Cheek managing editor Alex Aldridge 1. The two-year-in-advance graduate recruitment model...
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London offices of US giants follow magic circle in bringing forward vac...
Deadlines for London offices of Shearman & Sterling, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell are next week — joining handful of other firms The race to bag the best students has hotted up...
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