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Fund legal aid training contracts and pupillages, MPs and peers urge government

Cross-party group call on SRA to include social welfare modules in new SQE

Oct 20 2021 12:49pm

Lawyers pound the pavements for charity

Over 8,000 walkers went the distance at yesterday's London Legal Walk

Oct 19 2021 11:13am

NQ solicitor pay hits £140k at Cleary Gottlieb

Trainees handed substantial rises of £7,500

Oct 19 2021 9:10am

Viral TikTok of law student who continued moot comp despite passing out prompts debate over profession’s focus on resilience

Commenters warn of the dangers of 'glamourising' work ethic at the cost of health

Oct 14 2021 1:34pm

‘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

Paul Hastings launches year-long legal innovation internship

Tie-up with Queen Mary University

Oct 11 2021 2:54pm

Law Society calls on government to fund SQE loans as over 1,000 students enrol for first exam

New route likely to cost more than £20k, professional body warns

Oct 6 2021 11:24am

Eversheds launches legal tech grad scheme

Six spots up for grabs

Oct 6 2021 9:20am

Latham trainee looks to challenge LexisNexis and Westlaw with free case law hub

Will Chen's new site aims to make legal judgments more accessible to students whose studies may have been disrupted by lockdowns and library closures

Oct 5 2021 9:43am

Apprentice star starts law degree at Bristol Uni

Former librarian and now fresher Lottie Lion says it's 'bizarre to even comprehend'

Oct 1 2021 12:05pm

‘Pls fix, thx’: Is this the latest junior lawyer social media trend?

Rookies share pics correcting docs from weird and wonderful places

Sep 30 2021 11:22am

Goodwin boosts London trainee pay by 14% to £57,000

First years receive £52,000 -- up 13%

Sep 30 2021 8:28am

Legal aid: Are City lawyers best placed to plug the gap?

Shadow Justice Sec David Lammy's suggestion BigLaw should up pro bono efforts prompts split on Twitter

Sep 29 2021 11:38am

Over two-thirds of lawyers have suffered mental ill-health

Lawyer wellbeing charity LawCare calls for profession-wide change in new report

Sep 28 2021 7:59am

£6 million up for grabs as Inns open bar scholarship applications

You've got to be in it to win it 🤑

Sep 22 2021 12:54pm

Ashurst targets 35% ethnic minority and 13% Black trainees

New targets to be met by 2026

Sep 22 2021 9:32am