Author: Legal Cheek

The best law firms for peer support — 2019 edition
Winner to be announced at the Legal Cheek Awards on 21 March, alongside a host of other categories

Junior lawyers question legal watchdog’s ‘refusal criteria’ following SQE approval
Super-exam was given go-ahead by LSB despite calls to delay

Manchester Uni biomedical sciences student and York Uni chemistry grad scoop first ever STEM GDL scholarships
Duo will start at BPP University Law School in autumn
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

Huge crack appears in BCLP’s Manchester office
Exclusive: Real estate firm still hasn't been able to return

Should I get someone to sit the Watson Glaser test on my behalf?
'Are they even a true test of lawyerly ability?'

I’m (not) lovin’ it: Criminal barristers could earn more serving Big Macs, suggests top QC
Some legal aid lawyers earning £5 an hour
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

Government confirms BPP apprenticeship suspension
Education giant hit by enforced recruitment "pause" for lower level programmes

Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance – 2019 edition
The outfits bucking the 'all work no play' trend

Leicester Uni property professor pranks solicitor by pretending to be confused law student
He live-tweeted the amusing encounter

‘Skype a Supreme Court justice’ scheme gets go-ahead following successful pilot
Thirty-minute sessions start this month
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

Research: 60% of lawyers want to ditch ‘stuffy office traditions’ like dress codes and long meetings
Nearly half say they'd quit current role to join a more forward-thinking firm

Court evacuated after lawyer turns up covered in bed bugs
'I don’t even think he cared,' says security guard