Author: Legal Cheek
What it’s really like to pull all-nighters and work weekends as a junior lawyer
Big pay, long hours
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Akin becomes latest law firm to upgrade City offices
Another major firm relocates
Court of Appeal: Judge should not have heard case from bed
Recovering from operation
Law Society drops recommended minimum trainee salary
Points firms towards real Living Wage
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Jailed paralegal banned from legal profession over witness intimidation
Targeted ex-partner
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Weil denies merger report amid partner departures
No discussions taking place, US firm insists
Has the SQE just got easier?
Spoiler alert: it hasn’t
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Top US law firms back OpenAI’s new legal platform
Latham, Ropes, Cooley and SullCrom back ChatGPT creator’s latest push into law
Junior City lawyer stands for Restore Britain in Holborn by-election
Tyler Johnson works in-house for a Chinese energy giant
Inside the crazy world of one of City law’s biggest stars
In an eye-catching FT interview, Paul Weiss’ Neel Sachdev talks holiday homes, flash cars and tennis with Ainsley Harriott
‘My £20k SQE maintenance grant is being taxed. Is this normal?’
A taxing surprise
MPs call for new AI law to protect human rights
Current legal framework ill-equipped to tackle risks
The REAL REASON training contract numbers are falling (clue: it’s not AI… yet)
What’s actually behind the 2% drop in TCs?
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Latham buys its own AI servers in BigLaw first
US giant ramps up in-house tech to build bespoke AI models