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Released: The 2018 Firms, Chambers and Law Schools Most Lists

How did your favourite legal institutions do?

Oct 4 2017 11:51am
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Legal Cheek signs with Reviewed & Cleared

Your favourite website joins forces with top media law firm whose clients include The Tab, Dazed and NME

Sep 26 2017 12:36pm
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Fake Squire Patton Boggs website given court approval in bizarre decision

A training contract at squirepattonboggs.net may differ somewhat to scheme at squirepattonboggs.com

Sep 25 2017 9:38am
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Chemsex junior barrister opens up about boyfriend’s death and his suspension from legal profession

Henry Hendron admits he turned to drugs to escape the pressure of his legal career

Sep 22 2017 12:27pm
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Why lawyers need to loosen the ‘stiff upper lip’

Macho demonstrations of ‘resilience’ are overrated

Sep 13 2017 2:41pm
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Two robot lawyers have ‘hooked up’ in legal software ‘relationship’ first

Tech bubble alert as ‘LISA’ gets together with ‘Billy Bot’

Aug 31 2017 10:35am
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Freshfields sends Manchester paralegals on mini-secondments to London, Dubai and Germany

Magic circler extends trainee perk to northern rookies

Aug 18 2017 1:46pm
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23 out of Macfarlanes’ 25 qualifying trainees given permanent jobs

The other two accepted fixed term contracts; each can expect to earn at least £81,300

Aug 14 2017 1:47pm
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Former Kent Uni criminology student robs robing room after posing as pupil barrister to get past Old Bailey security

He has previous for stealing law books from King’s College London library

Aug 8 2017 11:08am
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Late night and early morning courts are ‘not a disguised attempt’ to force lawyers to work more, insists top judge

Lord Fulford moves to soothe profession after outcry over 8am-8pm justice

Aug 2 2017 11:46am
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Law student’s embarrassing mum bids to land him Freshfields vac scheme

Noooooooo!

Jul 28 2017 1:43pm
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How good (or bad) was your BPTC? Take the Legal Cheek 60 second survey

Rate your Bar Professional Training Course provider

Jul 26 2017 10:24am
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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

Jul 19 2017 9:57am
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A second law firm is set to list on the London Stock Exchange

Gordon Dadds to follow Gateley in going public

Jul 12 2017 10:45am
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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

Jul 12 2017 9:20am
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Norton Rose Fulbright raises NQ pay to £75k

Trainee money is increased too

Jul 11 2017 9:50am
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Shearman & Sterling keeps 13 out of 15 trainees

Their pay will now more than DOUBLE from £50k to £105k

Jul 10 2017 9:17am
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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

Jul 10 2017 8:08am
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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

Jul 7 2017 9:47am
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What you need to know before you apply for a training contract

The application deadlines are looming

Jul 4 2017 10:49am
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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

Jun 27 2017 8:18pm
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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

Jun 14 2017 9:28am
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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

May 17 2017 10:50am
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Cambridge law student launches Lord Denning-inspired search engine

It seeks to draw on spirit of great judge through artificial intelligence

Apr 26 2017 8:59am
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