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Bar Council chief and Dechert’s Miriam González-Durántez latest to back...
LinkedIn row barrister now has support of Nick Clegg’s City lawyer wife and a less enthusiastic Alistair MacDonald QC With her job as legal profession sexism whistleblower completed, Britain’s new most...
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Event: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently
Lord Neuberger and a panel of top solicitors and barristers offer students who don’t fit the mould advice on how to get ahead in law On the evening of Thursday 15 October Legal Cheek is holding a panel...
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Solicitor who had SIX KIDS while at Slaughter and May — and made partner —...
Laura Carstensen, who had three kids in the first four years of career, speaks publicly about “structural sexism” A former magic circle solicitor with six kids has spoken publicly at her relief to have...
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Daily Express forced to make huge correction to ‘people who benefit from...
Do they just make this stuff up? One upon a time tabloid newspapers lauded it over the masses, pumping out questionable facts unchallenged — and then came Twitter. The latest example of this power...
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Lawyers’ ethics: who would you save first in a fire — your mum or girlfriend?
Chinese judicial ethics exam asks wannabe lawyers to decide Aspiring lawyers in China are being forced to choose between their mothers and girlfriends in order to be admitted to practise law. According...
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Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker’s court charge
Axe this “laughably unfair” charge, urge members of legal profession Members of the legal profession have rushed to the support of a senior magistrate who was suspended for paying £40 towards a...
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Lawyer falls for latest Facebook ‘legal contract’ privacy hoax
If in doubt, cite the “Rome Statute” A lawyer has reportedly fallen for a hoax privacy warning which claims that Facebook can use your photos without permission for marketing purposes. The hoax —...
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‘Cambridge-educated Weil Gotshal trainee’ flogs training contract advice for...
When you’re on £97k a year, is this really necessary? A “corporate lawyer” claiming to be a Cambridge educated Weil Gotshal & Manges trainee is flogging training contract advice online for £45 an...
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Friends of Freshfields lawyer shot dead in Berlin are crowdfunding to help...
Legal and other costs facing popular ex-solicitor’s parents could hit £20,000 Friends of the young former Freshfields lawyer who was shot dead in Berlin last week have launched a crowdfunding campaign...
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Why ‘following your passion’ isn’t always the best advice
Law can be tough, but it provides a better grounding than a job in a trendy start-up, argues magic circle trainee solicitor Disha Gulati What do you want to be when you grow up? A question that is...
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City firm offers virtual ‘helicopter trips’ and ‘Ferrari racing’ in bid to...
But will CMS’s virtual reality headsets allow students to forget that it’s slashing trainee numbers by a third this year? In a move that steps away from the traditional law fair freebies of branded...
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Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper are better than the magic circle, claim brand...
Global behemoths beat London aristocrats A high-end market research company which does an annual ranking of the best law firm brands has placed size above pedigree in its latest league table. Topping...
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The law firm’s 466% turnover increase, the ex-senior partner’s fraud and the...
It makes for an explosive combination A London PR outfit has dropped a press release-shaped clanger by appearing to indicate — to our eyes, at least — that a law firm’s recent success stemmed from...
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How wannabe lawyers can become employable
ULaw employability chief John Watkins believes students overestimate some of their soft-skills Three months into his job as The University of Law’s new Director of Employability and John Watkins has...
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Clifford Chance takes on Uber with drivers ‘defecating in gardens’ attack
Black Cabbies pool resources to hire magic circle giant Leaked documents have revealed that Clifford Chance (CC) has been instructed by the Black Cab drivers’ union to present a case to get Uber...
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Humblebrags give way to outright brags as latest Legal 500 hits shelves
Trying to be humble on social media is so last year The time of year is upon us again. In the wake of the release of the new Legal 500 directory yesterday evening, lawyers across the country have...
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Magic circle considers new ‘Trailblazer’ apprenticeship that combines LLB...
Is “earn-while-you-learn” set to become the new training contract? The dean of one of the nation’s biggest vocational legal education providers has revealed that magic circle firms are eyeing the new...
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Solicitor tricked into transferring £734k of client money to phone-scammers
Internet banking scam hits legal profession A Guildford solicitor has revealed her anguish after being conned into transferring close to a million pounds of her clients’ money to criminals. Sole...
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Firms Most List 2016: US hyper elite pay most and hire more graduates in London
Magic circle under pressure as Americans lead UK market As universities return for the new academic year, the nation’s law faculties are buzzing with excitement at the whopping trainee and newly...
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Addleshaw Goddard junior lawyer so busy that he keeps working during charity...
The battle to meet those hours targets never stops As this year’s Tour de Law competition comes to a close, it would appear that some of the participants have had other more pressing concerns on their...
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