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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ lawyer husband to leave DLA Piper

Doug Emhoff will leave global outfit by inauguration day on 20 January

Nov 12 2020 11:21am

Law firms dominate social mobility employer list

Top ten spots for BCLP, Browne Jacobson, HSF and Bakers

Nov 11 2020 12:09pm

IBA conference: Regulator has major role to play in junior lawyer wellbeing, argues Sheffield Uni law lecturer

Dr Emma Jones joins other top academics and charity LawCare to launch mental health research study

Nov 11 2020 9:17am

Law Society: Reserve vac scheme and TC spots for disabled aspiring lawyers

City law firms also encouraged to run more part-time training contracts

Nov 10 2020 11:20am

Profession must look after junior lawyers screwed over by the pandemic, Supreme Court judge warns

Lord Hodge says there shouldn't be 'lasting detriment' to those starting their career

Nov 10 2020 9:51am

December bar exams to go ahead as planned

BSB keeping assessments under 'close review' in wake of second lockdown

Nov 10 2020 9:21am
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Trump is not the President!

So Legal Cheeker returns with another poem

Nov 9 2020 1:37pm

Nottingham Uni Law Society targets carbon negative first

Green goal follows City firms' pledge to ditch law fair merch

Nov 9 2020 9:30am

Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Nov 9 2020 8:56am

THIS TUESDAY: The November Legal Cheek UK Virtual Law Fair

Tuesday 10 November from 1:50pm to 5pm; featuring over 60 leading law firms

Nov 8 2020 12:55pm

Law graduate who came 76/85 in his class set to become world’s most powerful person

Joe Biden gives hope to struggling law students across the globe

Nov 6 2020 2:22pm

BARBRI strikes SQE partnership with flexi-paralegal service

5,000 paralegals to have access to SQE scholarships and fee discounts

Nov 6 2020 10:56am

White male barristers out-earn female and BAME colleagues

Even with the same level of experience and areas of law, research finds

Nov 6 2020 8:35am
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Best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Nov 6 2020 8:07am

Virtual student event TODAY: How law firms go global — with Clyde & Co

Friday 6 November, from 2pm to 4pm, taking place virtually

Nov 5 2020 6:02pm

DWF ‘cautiously optimistic’ following summer cost-cutting measures

Listed giant's revenue up 14% on previous 12 months

Nov 5 2020 10:40am

Teaching teenagers is harder than studying law at Harvard, says ex-English teacher in viral TikTok

Second year law student Rachel Cohen says her stress was higher before switching careers

Nov 5 2020 9:28am