Legal Cheek talks… law breaking law students
Katie King and Tom Connelly discuss whether a career in law is still possible when you have a criminal past In our latest live Facebook broadcast, Legal Cheek’s Katie King and Tom Connelly examine...
View ArticleLawyer who ‘cracked under the strain’ of working for the CPS sentenced to six...
His increased workload led him to desperation A top criminal lawyer has been sentenced to six years in prison for attempting to murder his wife in a violent attack apparently brought on by the...
View ArticleSRA moves a step closer to killing off LPC and GDL as super-exam proposals...
But solicitors’ regulator performs U-turn on degree requirement The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has moved a step closer to scrapping the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and Graduate Diploma in...
View ArticleHow a high street solicitor from Lancaster became the resident legal expert...
Could Gary Rycroft be the next Judge Rinder? Alongside the likes of Jeremy Kyle, Come Dine with Me and Escape to the Country, Rip Off Britain has got to be up there as one of the gems of daytime...
View ArticleLawyers at Howard Kennedy have computers BLOCKED if they fail to rack up...
Tactic is designed to “shame” fee-earners Lawyers at Howard Kennedy may want to make friends with the IT staff quickly, after the firm revealed it would block the computers of staff who fail to clock...
View ArticleKirkland & Ellis London NQ dollar-pegged pay packets swell to over £140,000...
Brexit fears cause pound to tank Kirkland & Ellis’ London-based newly qualified (NQ) lawyers will be cracking open the champagne today, after the plummeting value of the pound caused their...
View ArticleBaker & McKenzie ups junior lawyers’ pay packets to £72,000
A modest increase of 3% The London office of international giant Baker & McKenzie has upped the salaries of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers to £72,000. Chucking an extra £2,000 at its young legal...
View ArticleOlswang, Dechert and Bristows release autumn trainee retention results
Mixed results for law firm trio Three more law firms have unveiled their autumn 2016 retention results. First up, media boutique Olswang. The firm — which provides around nine trainee solicitor...
View ArticleAll five magic circle firms named in 2016 ‘top graduate employers list’
But they were all beaten by Aldi All five of the magic circle firms have been name-checked in this year’s “top graduate employers list”. The list — which features 100 companies across a range of...
View ArticleSolicitor wins national competition that sees her QUIT law to do ‘The Nicest...
AA legal counsel’s career at crossroads A young solicitor is to turn her back on a flourishing legal career having won a national competition to perform ‘The Nicest Job in Britain’. Legal Cheek...
View ArticleTop Brexit thought leader changes stance on Article 50
Admits his assumption government would act rationally was “incorrect” A top media lawyer and leading legal voice in the months post-EU referendum has shifted his stance on whether Article 50 will be...
View ArticleNational Poetry Day: Kirkland & Ellis edition
A little nugget of gold from the Legal Cheek comments section Today is National Poetry Day. Having spent the morning trying to find a half-decent law-themed poem for the site — with little luck — the...
View ArticleThe quest to recruit more graduates like me
New PRIME chair reached top of Hogan Lovells the hard way Hogan Lovells global chair Nicholas Cheffings didn’t think that people like him worked for City law firms. So the young Cheffings went from...
View ArticleRevealed: the best law firms to train with in Britain
The results from the Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey are in Ten law firms have been rated outstanding for their training in Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey of over 1,500 trainees and junior...
View ArticleLegal Cheek talks… crazy billable hours targets
The tactics firms use to whip their lawyers into shape, and whether they work It’s no secret lawyers work long days but — across the City — firms are becoming more creative in their approach to...
View ArticleRevealed: Top law firms average arrive and leave the office times
The ones who work late often get in quite late Legal Cheek has spent the last few months gathering all sorts of data from rookie solicitors at the leading corporate law firms. On Friday we revealed...
View ArticleAspiring solicitor and law student tells Vogue she thinks ‘far more’ about...
Plus Monckton barrister talks underwear A model turned law student has revealed to British Vogue she thinks about clothes “far more” now since deciding to pursue a legal career. This month’s edition of...
View ArticleEvent: FinTech, AI and online justice: what technology means for the next...
With drinks and mini-law fair after discussion On the evening of Thursday 27 October a host of big name lawyers will be gathering at Lexis House in Farringdon, central London, to answer students’...
View ArticleCMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang confirm merger WILL go ahead
And it will be called CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang have confirmed they will merge to create a new global megafirm. In a joint statement released in...
View ArticleDWF moves towards opening solicitor route to paralegal apprentices
Those with “exceptional potential” in line for shot at lawyer jobs National law firm DWF has taken a step closer to helping its apprentices qualify as solicitors. Sixteen apprentices — believed to be...
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