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Big Four accountancy giant EY launches law training contract — and you don’t...
Applicants to be selected via online tests Accountancy and professional services giant EY has launched a training contract for wannabe solicitors — with no minimum educational requirements. EY opened...
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Fish & chip shop owner who refused to accept parking fine changes contract law
Barry Beavis’ honourable Supreme Court defeat today will impact university syllabuses A fish & chip shop owner from Chelmsford who refused to pay his rip-off parking fine was this morning defeated...
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‘If you can, stick at it’: Jeremy Corbyn urges students to reject commercial...
Labour leader pledges to restore justice funding if elected Jeremy Corbyn has issued a rallying cry to students who long to become legal aid lawyers but are tempted by corporate law because it is a...
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Solicitors Regulation Authority publishes its allegations against Lord Harley...
Colourful solicitor-advocate’s titles questioned by the regulator The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has finally made public the allegations that it is levelling against Alan Blacker, the...
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Katie Hopkins is trying to set up ‘The Society for White Lawyers’
Move comes after CPS drop case against her following Society of Black Lawyers referral Controversial columnist Katie Hopkins took to Twitter this week to tell her fans about her newest vocation —...
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Illustrator turns iTunes’ terms & conditions into comic book art
Legalease has never looked so good A cartoonist has undertaken his biggest challenge yet: trying to make legal disclaimers interesting. Robert Sikyorak is over half way through creating an unabridged,...
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The ‘scouse scum’ YouTube rant lawyer has been fired — also via YouTube
Chelsea FC-mad Clive O’Connell ejected from global law firm partnership The London office of Goldberg Segalla has sensationally terminated the partnership of Clive O’Connell, the Chelsea FC-mad...
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Legal market expert predicts that Big Four accountancy giants will challenge...
The legal teams being assembled by bean-counter megafirms could shake-up the law The Magic Circle could be forced to go head-to-head with the Big Four as the accountancy giants’ successful entry into...
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LPC student goes public to reveal anger after ULaw lose her exam paper
Unmarked exam sat in tutor’s pigeon hole for three weeks before part of it was accidentally thrown out A University of Law (ULaw) student has gone public with her anger after part of her Legal Practice...
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‘Many young lawyers don’t realise that set-backs are actually great...
The difficulties faced by RPC partner Parham Kouchikali — who arrived in Britain aged eight unable to speak English — have stayed with him in a positive way in his professional life I think it’s a...
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Note to students: Avoid shirtless photos if you want to become a magic circle...
First impressions are everything A lesson in how not to land a campus ambassador role at a magic circle firm, courtesy of one law student on Twitter. Zulfiqar Haideri, who appears to be a law student...
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Disabled wannabe lawyer uses discrimination battle to fire training contract...
He has come a long way, but now Josh Hepple must confront his biggest challenge yet. Legal Cheek‘s Katie King reports Like many legal hopefuls, City University Legal Practice Course (LPC) student Josh...
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The legal profession has just set a trainee solicitor minimum wage that is...
New recommended minimum wage for trainee solicitors is £20,276 in London and £18,183 elsewhere A new recommended minimum wage has been set for trainee solicitors. But in the process the baffling...
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Katie Hopkins writes an article on the European Union — and gets the law...
Errors that would make a first year law student blush The world was watching yesterday as Prime Minister David Cameron set out his vision for the European project — and Katie Hopkins had something to...
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People are freaking out about plans to replace law degrees and the LPC with a...
Epic centralised test that would change everything planned for 2018 The legal profession is getting increasingly nervous about the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) enthusiasm for tearing up the...
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Inspiring pro bono week stories show huge impact that lawyers can make
From injustice in India to parking problems in Essex, the widespread benefits of pro bono trumpeted during celebratory week Last week, lawyers up and down the country took time to celebrate the...
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2015 retention rates highest since financial crisis, with 1,922 out of 2,376...
US firms’ London offices did the best Retention rates have reached their highest level since the financial downturn, with 1,922 out of 2,376 newly qualifying (NQ) lawyers being kept on by their...
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A Lancaster Uni law student fitness sensation is taking Instagram by storm
Most-followed law student in UK could soon be earning more than magic circle lawyers If Lancaster University law student Saffron Sheriff decides against pursuing a training contract she has an...
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Is regional experience valued by City law firms?
Stick to the regions, or take a chance on London… In the second of our new series of career conundrums, a trainee lawyer due to qualify at a regional law firm asks Legal Cheek readers whether it’s...
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‘Traditionally mentoring has been associated with the straight white male world’
Getting advice from experienced LGBT lawyers at DiversCity in Law — which you can apply to attend here — helped Miles Tonkin secure a training contract at Herbert Smith Freehills Traditionally...
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