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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 🇬🇧 ➡️ 🇺🇸

Jul 22 2021 8:00am

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

Jun 2 2021 10:18am

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

Dec 24 2020 10:25am

An open letter to law firms considering deferring training contracts

They should look to the past before making decisions on trainees' futures

May 15 2020 9:48am

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

Apr 1 2020 9:02am

A poem: Rime of the ancient barrister

With apologies to the legendary poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Mar 30 2020 2:33pm

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

Dec 23 2019 11:55am

Wrong type of lawyer

A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Oct 28 2019 2:13pm

Most lawyers

A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Oct 7 2019 10:43am

Extension of police stop and search powers — radical or rhetoric?

It will further damage relations between communities and the police, argues Anonymous Rookie

Sep 26 2019 12:38pm

‘Morning… how was your weekend?’

A Monday funny courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Sep 23 2019 10:20am

‘Don’t stay too late’

A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Sep 9 2019 10:08am

Under the bus

A Tuesday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Aug 27 2019 9:19am

The hungover associate

A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Aug 12 2019 10:05am

‘Oh sh*t! It’s the SRA!’

A Monday funny courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Jul 29 2019 1:41pm

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

May 20 2019 8:55am

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

Feb 27 2019 8:59am

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

Oct 15 2018 10:16am

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

Sep 25 2018 9:01am

‘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

Apr 10 2018 9:12am