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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 🇬🇧 ➡️ 🇺🇸
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Which unis offer law grads the best chance of securing a job?
New stats reveal the law schools with the highest -- and lowest -- 'positive outcomes' 15 months down the line
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The Nativity in the time of Covid
For the purposes of this discussion, Nazareth and Bethlehem are treated as if they are in Tier 4 Covid regulations
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An open letter to law firms considering deferring training contracts
They should look to the past before making decisions on trainees' futures
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Exclusive: Bat appreciation group threatens legal action over COVID-19 source claims
Online assertions based on evidence that isn't 'ultra-sound', claims group's chairman
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A poem: Rime of the ancient barrister
With apologies to the legendary poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Law firms recruiting exclusively from vac schemes — worrying trend or sensible step?
The legal profession may become even harder to break into, argues one rookie City solicitor
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Wrong type of lawyer
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor
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Most lawyers
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor
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Extension of police stop and search powers — radical or rhetoric?
It will further damage relations between communities and the police, argues Anonymous Rookie
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‘Morning… how was your weekend?’
A Monday funny courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor
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‘Don’t stay too late’
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor
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Under the bus
A Tuesday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor
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The hungover associate
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor
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‘Oh sh*t! It’s the SRA!’
A Monday funny courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor
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I completed an unpaid internship — they’re not the problem
Unremunerated roles 'symptomatic of the general crisis at the criminal bar', says one wannabe barrister
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Robots are not coming to take our jobs — but they are changing the way we do them
Lawyers are no longer isolated providers of water-tight legal documents
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Is the artificial intelligence emperor wearing any clothes?
An anonymous associate at a leading City of London law firm notes a disconnect between their experience on the ground and the tech marketing noise
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Law, lager and lemonade: Is the legal sector over the limit?
We need to strike a healthy balance at legal events, says one future City trainee
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It’s possible to get to a MoneyLaw US firm from a regional training contract after an ex-poly degree – I should know because I’ve done it
Don’t listen to anyone who tells you it's impossible
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‘It’s virtually impossible to reach the top of City firms without straight hair’
Is black hair and professionalism an oxymoron? An aspiring lawyer looks at the research