Category: Comment

Has a robot really just hired a lawyer?

Chatbot seeks legal rep after becoming sentient, claims AI engineer

Jun 27 2022 12:22pm
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How TikTok is helping lawyers land new clients

The app isn't just face filters and viral dance trends, explains magic circle associate turned tech founder Richard Mabey

Apr 13 2022 11:20am
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Russia-Ukraine war: UK immigration lawyers rally to support refugees

Away from national headlines, a corner of the legal profession is doing extraordinary things not in lucrative defence of oligarchs, but in unpaid support for those fleeing

Mar 7 2022 10:10am
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Will City law firms join the Metaverse?

Where clients go, their lawyers will surely follow...

Feb 23 2022 9:37am
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Graduate recruiters should provide ‘tick box’ feedback

Prioritise clarity over uncertainty when rejecting training contract applicants

Feb 7 2022 9:09am
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Why lawyers must lead the way on diversity

It's time the conversation moved beyond chargeable hours, profit margins and marketing, writes solicitor Baljinder Singh Atwal

Dec 9 2021 9:16am

Fad or future? Elite law firms target tech-savvy students for non-law roles

A new wave of TC alternatives is sweeping the City

Oct 15 2021 9:19am

‘Here’s to the return of in-person legal events’

Face-to-face gatherings are slowly returning — and this can only be a good thing, writes Legal Cheek’s features editor Aishah Hussain

Oct 14 2021 9:22am

‘I completed my training contract remotely while pregnant’

Skylar McKeith reflects on an ‘eventful’ past year and a half

Oct 5 2021 11:58am

‘The pressure to be mentally strong can be dangerous’

BTC student Natasha Kirkpatrick reflects on her own personal challenges ahead of the launch of bar mental health support network BLEMI

Oct 4 2021 10:49am

Tax through time: How to get the rich to pay their way

Will the government learn from the lessons of the past? asks future magic circle trainee Will Holmes

Oct 1 2021 9:31am

Has the Court of Appeal just trapped inventors in 1421?

Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes considers the 'historically absurd' definition of inventor following this week's DABUS patent ruling

Sep 24 2021 8:27am

Museums legal threats to Pornhub are an ‘exhibition of hypocrisy’

The Uffizi and the Louvre are threatening to sue the world's biggest porn site

Aug 31 2021 10:13am

How a 400-year-old will dispute is keeping crypto shielded from the law

‘Concession’ theory is finding its limitations in the context of blockchain communities, writes future magic circle trainee Will Holmes

Aug 9 2021 10:46am

Does Lord Digby Jones’ accent criticism merit new legislation?

France may hold the answer, writes future magic circle trainee Will Holmes

Aug 3 2021 10:32am

What prehistoric skulls show us about sperm and cyborgs

Future magic circle trainee Will Holmes examines the conceptions of legal personhood

Aug 2 2021 10:12am

The burnout profession? Why City law culture needs to change

Ex-corporate lawyer Charlene Gisele reflects on her own mental health struggles while offering her top tips to prevent work-related exhaustion before it starts

Jul 27 2021 9:21am

What ancient Greek oracles warn us about predictive justice

Have we replaced the authority of God with algorithmic-decision-making?

Jul 26 2021 9:32am

Magic circle vs US MoneyLaw: An associate’s perspective

One City lawyer sets out some of the factors they took into consideration before making the switch 🇬🇧 ➡️ 🇺🇸

Jul 22 2021 8:00am

How the Satanic lawyer created the billionaire legal sector

As City lawyers today teem over their financial results, future trainee Will Holmes suggests they should spare a thought -- a prayer even -- for the Satanic lawyer and the creation of purgatory

Jul 19 2021 9:12am

How to use Roman law to fight the eco war

Is the Roman notion of jurisdiction the final piece of puzzle?

Jul 12 2021 9:35am