Author: aishah-hussain

The Green Economy will be the defining theme of the 2020s

Three Shoosmiths partners look at what’s happening now and in the future

Jan 8 2020 2:27pm

Retired judge calls for political subjects to be removed from law degrees

Politicised topics like criminology and diversity law should be reserved for postgraduate study

Jan 7 2020 8:51am

13 tips for Pupillage Gateway applicants from a junior barrister

'Don’t say you are fluent in French just because you once successfully ordered two lagers in Dieppe'

Jan 6 2020 9:37am

Revealed: The law firms with the best perks 2020

Junior lawyers are a pretty pampered bunch but which firms offer the perkiest of perks?

Jan 2 2020 8:47am

The big fat Legal Cheek quiz of the year 2019

A look back at this year’s top news stories — but how much do you remember?

Dec 24 2019 7:54am

Top commercial awareness talking points for aspiring lawyers

Courtesy of experts from ULaw, Squire Patton Boggs, Kings Chambers and Womble Bond Dickinson

Dec 20 2019 12:30pm

Eve Cornwell gives fans ‘unfiltered’ tour of Linklaters’ London office

On-site gym, coffee on tap, a pick-and-mix counter and piano recitals are just some of the perks seen at magic circle firm

Dec 19 2019 8:45am

Love Island 2019 champ Greg O’Shea says he wants to specialise in family law

Limerick law grad snubs post-Island influencer lifestyle

Dec 18 2019 11:31am

Why I wanted to become a lawyer

Solicitors from Eversheds Sutherland, Irwin Mitchell, Pinsent Masons and ULaw share the stories of their career journeys

Dec 17 2019 1:20pm

How technology is changing the business of law

Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers talk tech transforming the firm

Dec 12 2019 2:12pm

Eve Cornwell bumps into Lady Hale on the Tube

She was doing a puzzle on the Victoria Line

Dec 9 2019 11:17am

Revealed: Law firms’ average arrive and leave the office times 2019-20

Who’s totting-up 12 hour workdays and who’s home in time for Tipping Point?

Nov 29 2019 9:09am

‘We’re not just paying lip service to innovation — it’s part of our culture’

CMS real estate senior associate Simon Porter talks tech ahead of our ‘Innovation and the law’ event in Edinburgh

Nov 27 2019 2:45pm

Aspiring lawyers can’t afford to be technophobes

Simon George, associate professor and director of ULTRA, the ULaw Technology Research Academy, highlights why it’s important for wannabe solicitors to engage with tech

Nov 26 2019 1:53pm

How I became a commercial litigator in the City

Michael O’Donoghue, a senior associate at Hogan Lovells, discusses his day job and the firm’s tech strategy

Nov 25 2019 2:31pm