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Kirkland & Ellis sets aside $500 million to build its own AI tools
Serious investment
US firms are hoovering up London’s biggest legal battles, new data suggests
Targeting high value litigation
Gowling WLG launches real estate training contract
Exclusive: New sector focused pathway to run alongside firm's standard TC
Lord Stephens to retire from Supreme Court
Further shake-up for top bench
How best to prepare for law school
Here’s what you can do to get a headstart
Pinsent Masons slammed by judge over junior lawyer’s AI blunder
Cited law that didn't exist
Solicitor avoids strike off over antisemitic social media posts
Suspended suspension and restrictions on social media activity
Bank Holiday round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend
Latest SQE2 pass rate rises to 80%
Up from 78%
Not even Lord Pannick could save Southampton from ‘Spygate’
Blackstone super-silk drafted in for last-ditch appeal bid
Misconduct reports against solicitors soar nearly 60% in two years
SRA under pressure
Exclusive: RPC partner flogging £75 mentoring sessions on TikTok
Post quickly vanishes
Supreme Court arrives in Glasgow
Opportunity to watch UK's top justices in action
Magic Circle, Silver Circle, global elite: Do law firm labels still mean anything?
The Legal Cheek Podcast looks at top firm tiers
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
And the winners of The Legal Cheek Awards 2026 are…
Who won what: revealed 🏆
Freshfields appoints new UK boss
Private capital lawyer Victoria Sigeti takes top role