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Worry more about AI going wrong, says Slaughter and May

Magic circle giant highlights pitfalls of new technology

Jun 22 2017 9:03am

Morning round-up: Thursday 22 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 22 2017 7:44am

US outfit Goodwin Procter launches London training contract schemes

News follows firm’s involvement in KWM trainee rescue mission

Jun 21 2017 3:50pm

City law firms dominate first ever social mobility employer index

MoJ and Inner Temple also recognised for their endeavours to help disadvantaged young people

Jun 21 2017 12:18pm

I’m boiling to death on my vac scheme — do I still have to wear a suit?

The air con is crap and there's only one fan per office

Jun 21 2017 9:03am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 21 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 21 2017 7:34am

Hendron v Hendron: ‘Drug addict’ barrister evicted from lawyer twin’s Covent Garden flat after High Court injunction battle

Richard also 'sacked' Henry from his law firm after finding 'quantity of drugs in the office'

Jun 20 2017 11:30am

Why I regret my magic circle training contract

Career mistakes: Legal Cheek meets a soon-to-be NQ, a paralegal and an LPC student

Jun 20 2017 10:04am

Over 60% of BPTC grads don’t have pupillage, new stats show

As enrolments on the vocational course drop by 7%

Jun 20 2017 8:53am

Morning round-up: Tuesday 20 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 20 2017 7:39am

‘Robot lawyer’ created by Cambridge students will now answer your legal problems via Facebook Messenger

LawBot X predicts claim outcomes and boasts 71% success rating

Jun 19 2017 1:42pm

Make it unlawful to stand by and record emergency scenes, argues law professor

Academic paper proposes legal liability for those who video terrorist attacks instead of helping victims

Jun 19 2017 9:07am

Morning round-up: Monday 19 June

The morning's top legal affairs news stories

Jun 19 2017 7:54am

13 things that happened during the Supreme Court’s Facebook livestream

Justices talk Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Liz Truss and much more in video interview

Jun 16 2017 1:10pm

Boston bolt-on: Hogan Lovells to swallow up US law firm Collora

Combination to go live on 1 September

Jun 16 2017 10:40am

Travers Smith launches mentor scheme to empower LGBT+ students

Corporate law firm tackles the big dilemma of coming out at work

Jun 16 2017 10:15am

I got in trouble for arguing with a pro-life campaigner at school, now I’m a barrister in the Northern Irish abortion law case

Supreme Court ruled in Jeremy Hunt's favour this week, now all eyes are on Strasbourg

Jun 16 2017 9:12am