Author: Alex Aldridge

Magic circle and US law firms ‘must change the way they work’ or face ‘doom’, warns the FT
Will £100k+ for newly qualified solicitors prove a high water mark?

Linklaters delays SQE transition to 2022
Exclusive: UK’s largest training law firm to stick with LPC for extra year after new Solicitors Qualifying Exam comes into place

Profession prepares for big changes in training of lawyers
Scrapping of LPC, shift to apprenticeships and focus on tech prompt enthusiasm and anxiety in equal measure

How Freshfields’ £100k NQ pay will change the profession
Magic circle embrace of MoneyLaw set to have far-reaching effects

Under-promoted, oddly-timed and confusing to outsiders: why the bar is not making the most of its scholarships
There’s £5 million, for those in the know

City law firms prepare to overhaul training structures as SQE nears
Legal Cheek-BARBRI super-exam survey results revealed

Two US law firm events next week — one for students, one for junior lawyers
Lawyers from Shearman & Sterling, Kirkland & Ellis, Skadden and Quinn Emanuel take centre stage at London events

Norton Rose Fulbright launches innovation-focused grad scheme
Training contract alternative to start in March 2019

UK Supreme Court judge Lord Hodge admits ‘naivety’ at attending Federalist Society dinner
He refers to his ‘innocence’ in accepting invite from right-wing group that’s helping President Trump pick top judges, including Brett Kavanaugh

BBC journalist spots dead rat in the Royal Courts of Justice
He’s drawn a picture of the rodent to get round photo ban

Magic circle and the bar team up with Oxford University on £1.2 million AI research project
Education and training of future lawyers is a central aim

Lord Sumption tells barristers they’ve been getting it wrong on legal aid
Maverick Supreme Court judge says state funding is essential for crime but 'discretionary' for civil work — and bar needs to accept the public think they’re 'rich toffs', however unfair that may be

A conversation with barrister Jamie Susskind about his new book Future Politics
What does the transformational power of technology mean for law students and lawyers?

Revealed: the law firms with the nicest partners in Britain 2018-19
The new Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey results -- analysed
Over 70% of junior legal profession still wants to remain in the EU
Legal Cheek’s survey of over 800 law students and lawyers delivers resounding result

Revealed: The best law firms for tech 2018-19
The results from the new Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey are in

UK Supreme Court judge warns of cryptocurrency bubble … nearly a year after it burst
It looks like there won't be a SupremeCourtCoin