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Alex Aldridge
Alex Aldridge is the founder and publisher of Legal Cheek, who also contributes as a regular blogger. Previously he was a columnist writing about law and education for The Guardian, associate editor of Legal Week and a writer for Times Online.
An open letter to training contract applicants everywhere
Being commercial can make up for a lot, but only if you understand what lawyers are selling
A second law firm is set to list on the London Stock Exchange
Gordon Dadds to follow Gateley in going public
The tuition fee backlash could spell danger for the solicitor super-exam
Design of the cheaper LPC replacement is based on undergraduate fees staying high
Norton Rose Fulbright raises NQ pay to £75k
Trainee money is increased too
Shearman & Sterling keeps 13 out of 15 trainees
Their pay will now more than DOUBLE from £50k to £105k
Leigh Day suspends two paralegals accused of ‘touting’ for business among Grenfell Tower fire victims
Not ideal when you’re angling for a training contract
Allen & Overy tops magic circle financial results growth league, with Clifford Chance coming in second
Linklaters is third and Freshfields fourth, while Slaughter and May declines to take part in summer bling fest
What you need to know before you apply for a training contract
The application deadlines are looming
DLA Piper rocked by ransomware attack … weeks after publishing ‘How to protect against cyber attacks’ guide
Just when you thought that law firms had mastered IT
Solicitor super-exam WILL change how big City law firms hire trainees, insists SRA boss
Comments come in response to suggestion by Hogan Lovells chief that scrapping LPC may not have major impact
Is the bar’s appeal to the best graduates destroying the magic circle?
In America the top legal talent joins law firms — but not always in Britain
Cambridge law student launches Lord Denning-inspired search engine
It seeks to draw on spirit of great judge through artificial intelligence
Slater and Gordon solicitor, 31, becomes youngest coroner in England and Wales
Leeds University graduate reaches judicial office way ahead of schedule
Pay trainees and NQs less; pay mid-level associates more, argues influential commentator
Rookie lawyer remuneration in London may have reached unsustainable levels
The problem with low cost legal hubs is that law graduates don’t want to work in them
Students say ‘no thanks’ to northshoring
Bearded hipsters flog ‘revolutionary AI’ to global law firm partner ‘Gully Bull’ as new bot released that shouts at trainees
Lawtech craze inspires pre-April Fools hilarity
‘How Twitter works’ appendix to Katie Hopkins libel judgment was penned by rookie barrister, reveals phone hacking lawyer
But 5RB’s Greg Callus insists viral guide was a team effort as Jack Monroe describes him as “lovely”
BPP University chief exits after 20 years at legal education giant
Carl Lygo started as a tutor at the law school in the 1990s
Reed Smith boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £70k
NQ salaries rise by £7,000 as target hours head north too
‘UK’s top barrister’ fined by Bar Standards Board over website boasts
But legendary topcriminalqc.co.uk site lives on
Beware the bursting of law’s artificial intelligence bubble
Legal tech is a long story of incremental change, not revolution
Revealed: the law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire
Magic circle tag still carries kudos, but what about the rest?
King & Wood Mallesons Global launches in London – a day after UK arm goes under
New firm “not presently” taking old firm trainees
Why KWM’s demise isn’t the end of the world for its future trainees-to-no-longer-be
So law isn’t the safe career you thought
Chambers boost pay as pupillage applications open
Hardwicke, 2 Temple Gardens, Littleton and Doughty Street all up their awards
KWM denies ‘damaging and decidedly not funny’ report that its toilet paper has run out
Partner slams magazine’s claim
Mayer Brown keeps all its trainees while Trowers holds on to 11 out of 12
Retention off to a good start in 2017
Four predictions for corporate law this year
What to expect in the City during 2017
Clifford Chance’s profits jump by nearly a quarter as firm prepares to drastically cut training contract numbers
Magic circle giant’s partners earning more than ever before
KWM has stopped paying some of its staff
Affected include those on maternity leave
Exclusive: Linklaters and Allen & Overy go public with plan to rescue KWM trainees
Stricken giant confirms host of other top firms also set to help rookies
Vac scheme applications Christmas stocking
More useful than chocolate and satsumas
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15 great reactions to today’s Supreme Court tribunal fees ruling 
The sobering reality of being charged with a crime 
‘It should shame us all’: Why Charlie Gard’s parents were not entitled to legal aid 
Revealed: the law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire 
A law student shares his last-minute TC application pain
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