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Magic circle firm Linklaters reveals what staff parties were like over 100...
Historic image shows top City lawyers of the time enjoying a lavish dinner — and there’s not a woman in sight Magic circle giant Linklaters has revealed what parties were like at the firm more than 100...
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BPP law student charged with murder appears in court — but does not enter plea
GDL student’s next hearing scheduled for March A law student and self-proclaimed law firm boss has failed to enter a plea after he was charged with the murder of a young schoolteacher. Carl Langdell, a...
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Labour’s top lawyer quits citing ‘increasingly negative path’ under Jeremy...
Shadow attorney general Catherine McKinnell has resigned — Karl Turner replaces her Labour’s top lawyer has quit over concerns that the party is venturing down an “increasingly negative path” under...
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Daily Mail hate against lawyers reaches unprecedented levels
National newspaper enraged by solicitors “hounding” of British troops The Daily Mail’s anti-lawyer stance hit new heights today as a merciless attack on solicitors hit the front page. The newspaper’s...
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Co-op training contract freeze continues despite expansion
Hype of “100 training contracts a year by 2017” a distant memory The Co-operative Group has revealed it has “no immediate” plans to increase its training contract offering, despite the recent purchase...
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Trowers & Hamlins improves on poor autumn trainee retention performance
Period of unpredictable retention rates continues for national firm as it posts an 88% spring 2016 result Trowers & Hamlins has revealed an improved spring retention performance, retaining six of...
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‘I’m a disillusioned science PhD: should I do the GDL?’
Career salvation as a lawyer, potentially… In the latest instalment in our career conundrums series, a PhD graduate asks Legal Cheek readers for advice on whether he should do the Graduate Diploma in...
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The solicitors who quit the City to work in sexy areas of law
Get a TC, get some money and then get out to do crime and media work As a law student, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s commercial law or the highway. I certainly did — but as someone completely...
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Hilarious parody video mocks privileged white law graduate
Short comical clip mimics a recent Western Sydney University ad involving a Sudanese refugee law graduate A hilarious parody video mocking a privileged white law graduate has appeared on YouTube. The...
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Top judge calls for lawyerless courts
Bad news for law students One the country’s most senior appeal judges has backed the creation of a new civil court — one where lawyers aren’t needed. Lord Justice Briggs, deputy head of civil justice,...
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Nosy bosses CANNOT read your private WhatsApp conversations due to ECHR ruling
Reporters can’t resist getting a human rights story wrong The media has sparked public outrage by suggesting that nosy bosses can now track their employees’ private messages. No, they can’t. The...
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DLA Piper associate offers training contract ‘coaching’ and ‘guidance’ at £40...
Edinburgh-based lawyer and former White & Case trainee sells application advice online A corporate lawyer at global giant DLA Piper is offering training contract applicants “coaching” and...
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Durham student rape acquittal sparks talk of criminal law reform
Should we bring back anonymity for accused rapists? The law on the anonymity of defendants has come under scrutiny once again, after a Durham Uni student’s life was “devastated” by false rape...
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Money talks: Weil Gotshal continues 100% trainee retention after cash boost
Did the recent NQ pay rise to £100k sway their decision? Weil Gotshal & Manges has revealed yet another strong retention performance with 100% of the firm’s March 2016 qualifiers committing their...
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Aspiring lawyer charged with murder does NOT attend BPP despite LinkedIn claims
Law school says Carl Langdell “has never been a student at BPP University” Legal Cheek can reveal that a “law student” charged with the murder of young school teacher does not attend BPP Law School,...
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Research: Non-legal employers favour law graduates over all other applicants
They work harder and have an “aptitude for learning” Non-law firm graduate employers favour LLBs over all other degree disciplines, new research has found. According to a poll of 500 UK businesses, law...
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Hill Dickinson partner fined £1,000 by SRA over ‘domestic incident’
City lawyer reaches “settlement agreement” with regulator to avoid disciplinary tribunal A young partner at Hill Dickinson has been fined £1,000 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) after being...
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‘Making a Murderer’: could we see an English version?
Don’t hold your breath, says top criminal barrister A blogging criminal barrister thinks the law students’ favourite documentary series ‘Making a Murderer’ is not likely to generate a UK spin-off...
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Computer science student, 19, says legal profession should be ‘very scared’...
London whizz kid bids to revolutionise law industry The UK’s first “robot lawyer” has been launched — and it’s very good at travel delay compensation advice and the law surrounding badgers, but not so...
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We spoke to a London human rights lawyer about China locking up human rights...
He describes the arrests as “obviously unjustified” This morning a number of prevalent solicitors and barristers have penned an open letter calling upon Chinese president Xi Jinping to end of his human...
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