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Freshfields appoints new UK boss
Private capital lawyer Victoria Sigeti takes top role
Ex-Latham associate unveils free legal AI tool ‘Mike’ to challenge billion-dollar tech giants
New challenger tool aims to disrupt the legal tech industry
London Legal Walk on track for record year
Legal sector charity walk returns on 9 June
‘I’ve failed to secure pupillage four years in a row. Is it worth continuing?’
Aspiring barrister seeks guidance
Ex-TLT employee barred over ‘inappropriate’ gifts to junior female colleagues
'Sexually motivated'
Magistrate refused to return to court and deliver verdict
Formal warning
SRA plans £25 million fee hike for solicitors amid compensation fund crisis
Follows string of high-profile firm collapses
Final speakers announced ahead of LegalEdCon 2026 this Thursday
Flagship legal education conference just three days away
BigLaw’s billion-pound AI race
The Legal Cheek Podcast: Inside the tech choices of the City's top firms
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Law firm launches AI tool that translates legal jargon into Gen Z-friendly English
Boomer and 'sassy' translations too
A&O Shearman to cut business services roles in London
Follows major tech investment
New speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2026 as one week countdown begins
Must-attend conference for grad rec professionals takes place Thursday 14 May
Top US lawyers among 30 charged over alleged insider trading scheme
Burner phones, coded messages and kickbacks
Junior lawyer saves partner’s life with kidney donation after firm-wide email plea
The pair had never spoken before
Supreme Court appoints new justice
Lord Justice Snowden joins top bench
Bar Council faces legal challenge over Black internship scheme
GB News commentator Sophie Corcoran claims programme is discriminatory
‘Should I do a law degree, or should I just convert later?’
Are LLBs overrated nowadays?