ULaw among gold-rated universities in government’s first teaching rankings
While some Russell Group universities scored bronze
Eversheds Sutherland launches new legal service for start-ups thanks to one of its trainees
‘ES Disrupt’: international outfit taps into London’s buoyant entrepreneur scene
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Case comment: Why someone was sent to prison for taking photos of the Grenfell Tower victims
Omega Mwaikambo was sentenced to three months
Worry more about AI going wrong, says Slaughter and May
Magic circle giant highlights pitfalls of new technology
US outfit Goodwin Procter launches London training contract schemes
News follows firm’s involvement in KWM trainee rescue mission
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From King’s College London law student to Ashurst partner
As Ashurst’s training contract deadline looms, we talk to banking law specialist Nick Wong about his career to date
City law firms dominate first ever social mobility employer index
MoJ and Inner Temple also recognised for their endeavours to help disadvantaged young people
Law student who helped Baker McKenzie partner during train station attack lands vac scheme at Baker McKenzie
‘He’s the kind of person we want at the firm’
I’m boiling to death on my vac scheme — do I still have to wear a suit?
The air con is crap and there’s only one fan per office
Lawyers launch judicial review against government’s refugee policy, on World Refugee Day
Leigh Day and Doughty Street v Amber Rudd
Finsbury Park van attack: Media lawyer says newspapers have ‘pushed at the boundaries’ and may be in contempt of court
Morning headlines could spell trouble for press
Hendron v Hendron: ‘Drug addict’ barrister evicted from lawyer twin’s Covent Garden flat after High Court injunction battle
Richard also ‘sacked’ Henry from his law firm after finding ‘quantity of drugs in the office’
Why I regret my magic circle training contract
Career mistakes: Legal Cheek meets a soon-to-be NQ, a paralegal and an LPC student
Over 60% of BPTC grads don’t have pupillage, new stats show
As enrolments on the vocational course drop by 7%
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Event: Lawyers in the age of the fourth industrial revolution — with Pinsent Masons
Commercial Awareness Question Time is heading to Birmingham
‘Robot lawyer’ created by Cambridge students will now answer your legal problems via Facebook Messenger
LawBot X predicts claim outcomes and boasts 71% success rating
Top criminal chambers forced to rebrand as old premises become luxury apartments
9-12 Bell Yard now Foundry Chambers
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An open letter to the new Lord Chancellor from Joshua Rozenberg
David Lidington can learn from Liz Truss’ mistakes
Make it unlawful to stand by and record emergency scenes, argues law professor
Academic paper proposes legal liability for those who video terrorist attacks instead of helping victims
13 things that happened during the Supreme Court’s Facebook livestream
Justices talk Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Liz Truss and much more in video interview
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Why lawyers need to be good listeners
Ahead of Legal Cheek and Macfarlanes’ deal-themed Commercial Awareness Question Time next week, partner Nicholas Barclay offers future solicitors some advice
Boston bolt-on: Hogan Lovells to swallow up US law firm Collora
Combination to go live on 1 September
Travers Smith launches mentor scheme to empower LGBT+ students
Corporate law firm tackles the big dilemma of coming out at work
I got in trouble for arguing with a pro-life campaigner at school, now I’m a barrister in the Northern Irish abortion law case
Supreme Court ruled in Jeremy Hunt’s favour this week, now all eyes are on Strasbourg
SRA moots paying student guinea pigs to sit pilot super-exam
Want to get paid to take the SQE?
‘They tried to get lawyers’: Devastating cuts to legal aid prevented Grenfell Tower residents accessing advice over safety concerns
Legal profession offers pro bono support to blaze victims
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Event: How to make it as a City lawyer
Solicitors from Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown join experts from BPP University Law School, NOTICED and PRIME to help prep students — for free — ahead of the training contract application deadline
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The legal implications of printing out new body parts
Tort and privacy law concerns aplenty as it’s revealed we’ll be able to 3D print new organs by 2023
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Case comment: Why someone was sent to prison for taking photos of the Grenfell Tower victims 
ULaw among gold-rated universities in government’s first teaching rankings 
Eversheds Sutherland launches new legal service for start-ups thanks to one of its trainees 
Worry more about AI going wrong, says Slaughter and May 
From King’s College London law student to Ashurst partner
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Why I regret my magic circle training contract (92)
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I’m boiling to death on my vac scheme — do I still have to wear a suit? (68)
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Worry more about AI going wrong, says Slaughter and May (26)
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Over 60% of BPTC grads don’t have pupillage, new stats show (21)
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ULaw among gold-rated universities in government’s first teaching rankings (20)
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