Thomas Connelly, Author at Legal Cheek

Allen & Overy kicks off pay gap reporting season

Magic circle outfit reveals a partner inclusive gender result of 59.9%

13 hours ago
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Robot judges determining guilt through speech and body temperature ‘commonplace’ within 50 years, AI guru predicts

Sci-fi style justice sooner than we think?

18 hours ago
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Over half of trainee solicitors ‘unable to cope with stress’ during lockdown

Report also finds most firms have struggled to train rookies remotely

3 days ago
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Westminster, Greenwich and London South Bank law students to offer free legal advice to Windrush victims

Assist with compensation claims

3 days ago
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London law firm seeks dog walker on £30k a year

Sign us up! 🐶

6 days ago
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DWF retains 25 of 39 trainee solicitors

Six on fixed-term deals

Oct 14 2020 9:14am
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‘I’d be shouted at because I left the pub at 10 o’clock rather than 11pm’, says bullied former pupil barrister

New bar study finds rookies ‘particularly vulnerable’ to bullying and harassment

Oct 13 2020 1:07pm
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Hogan Lovells keeps 20 out of 29 autumn NQ solicitors

Two on fixed-term contracts

Oct 13 2020 9:20am
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The perfect law grad is a ‘team player’ with ‘excellent communication skills’, according to research

Data bods use job ads to identify key qualities employers seek from legally-minded uni leavers

Oct 8 2020 9:16am
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Tribunal fines solicitor convicted of sexually assaulting 18-year-old woman at taxi rank

Ravi Khosla hit with £17.5k penalty following ‘moment of complete madness’

Oct 6 2020 11:32am
White & Case ups NQ solicitor pay to £130k — a boost of £25k

Trainees and associates also handed sizeable rises

Oct 5 2020 12:16pm
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Supreme Court president: I want a BAME justice within six years

Lord Reed also discusses ‘appalling’ treatment of junior barrister mistaken for defendant, in new wide-ranging interview

Oct 5 2020 10:17am
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DWF to use government apprentice levy to fund new SQE solicitor training programme for graduates

Replaces training contract from January 2022

Oct 2 2020 12:57pm
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Ulster Uni’s A&O and Bakers-backed innovation hub launches lawtech LLM

New masters degree combines corporate law with computing

Sep 30 2020 11:32am
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US lawyer takes on coronavirus in action-filled YouTube ad

The Texas Law Hawk is back

Sep 30 2020 10:38am
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Clifford Chance launches Oxford Uni tech bursaries

Aims to encourage greater diversity on computer science course

Sep 29 2020 3:31pm
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Osborne Clarke targeted by graffiti vandals

‘That’s definitely not part of our brand’, says firm spokesperson

Sep 28 2020 3:01pm
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Bar Council rejects Henry Hendron’s election nomination after filing application one minute late

Controversial barrister says he’s ‘taking the matter to court next week’

Sep 25 2020 2:08pm
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Magic circle gets its first woman leader

Georgia Dawson takes top role at Freshfields

Sep 25 2020 11:01am
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Exclusive: The Ayesha Vardag leaked ‘dress code email’ in full

Enjoy!

Sep 25 2020 10:31am
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Barrister suggested female Asian judge landed role due to ‘positive discrimination’

Fined and reprimanded

Sep 24 2020 10:17am
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