Author: Legal Cheek
Female junior barristers earn nearly a quarter less than male colleagues
New report lays bare gender pay gap
Jury trials set to be axed for most crimes under major shake up
Justice Sec poised to take extreme action on soaring court backlog
Linklaters unveils 20-strong ‘AI lawyer’ team
Magic Circle giant in major tech push
US judge all shook up after discipline for wearing Elvis wig in court
Wanted to 'relax litigants'
Gateway reopens for browsing as countdown begins to Legal Cheek’s Virtual Pupillage Fair
Meet 40+ chambers before application season begins
Questions to ask (and avoid) in your final TC interview
The right one might seal the deal
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Ropes & Gray encourages junior lawyers to spend 20% of billable time on AI
Pilot scheme underway in the US, with global roll-out planned -- including London
BPP, ULaw, Oxford and KCL embrace AI training in new deal with US tech giant Harvey
Plug tech directly into teaching and legal research
Profit gap widens: City partners cash in while regions feel the squeeze
New report spotlights challenges facing firms inside and outside the capital
Ashurst to merge with Perkins Coie to create transatlantic megafirm
Silver Circler comes together with US giant
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
The Supreme Court is heading to Glasgow
Top justices set to head north next May as the court packs its bags for Scotland
Judge with motor neurone disease uses computer-generated voice in court
Thought to be the only judge in the world to hear criminal cases using text-to-speech tech
Attorney General seeks young voices to champion rule of law
New initiative calls on ambassadors to promote UK justice in their communities
Uni rank and degree grade best predict SQE success, report finds
Many factors influencing performance remain unknown
More than a quarter of barristers say they’re not managing workloads well — despite rise in overall wellbeing
'Still a lot of work to do,' says Bar Council chair
Kim Kardashian fails bar exam
'Falling short isn’t failure — it’s fuel,' says aspiring lawyer