Author: Legal Cheek

Furloughed trainee: ‘Should I get my pay rise?’
I am really confused

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

BLM to shutter two offices in permanent remote-working push
Launches redundancy consultation

Legal education charity backs 19 ‘social justice’ training contracts
Applications now open
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Proctoring problems: Bar students urinate in bottles and buckets over fears online exams will be terminated
One barrister hopeful is said to have worn an adult diaper
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

‘Why do City law firms target second year law students?’
It just seems so arbitrary

The Legal Cheek Podcast: 3 essential skills for junior lawyers
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Sir Geoffrey Vos appointed new Master of the Rolls
Replaces Sir Terence Etherton in January 2021
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

No sanction for trainee solicitor who inflated billing hours
Tribunal finds rookie was not dishonest

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Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Latest financials reveal mixed fortunes for City firms
Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons, Clyde & Co, RPC and HFW among those to post 2020 results

Herbert Smith Freehills: Partner profits slip by nearly 10% to £857,000
Taylor Wessing also records drop

‘Eat Out to Help Out’… at the Supreme Court
Top court’s café joins government’s new discount scheme -- but remains closed for now

US law firm Crowell & Moring to recruit first London trainee
Inaugural rookie will complete 'non-rotational' TC
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend