Category: News
Latest speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2025
High profile legal figures to address delegates at Legal Cheek’s annual in-person conference next week
Slaughter and May keeps NQ pay at £150k
Follows Magic Circle firm's decision to up newly qualified salaries last September
Lawyer who quit Skadden over Trump deal joins new firm
Rachel Cohen joins new firm poised to challenge presidential actions
Law firm bets that too many Cookes won’t spoil the broth as it hires founder’s sons
Ashley and Hayden join dad Darryl at gunnercooke as joint chiefs of staff
Fieldfisher avoids contempt of court penalty after PR howler
Embargo confusion after draft judgment was sent to press
Linklaters ex-L&D boss appointed chief exec of City of London Law Society
Patrick McCann to lead influential professional body
Corporate lawyer reveals how much she spends in a month
Womble Bond Dickinson associate reveals budget
The £2,000 per hour solicitor
Top lawyers' hourly rates closing in on £2,000, new report shows
Hard work pays off for TikTok lawfluencer as she bags TC
University of Bristol law student has been sharing her application journey online
WhatsApp messages constitute a contract, judge rules
Doesn't matter that it's informal
LegalEdCon 2025: First batch of speakers announced
Law training experts join influencers, academics and mental health charity leader at Legal Cheek's annual in-person conference
DWF announces job cuts with over 100 roles at risk
Around 2% of DWF’s workforce
Kaplan’s use of AI for SQE ‘question development’ comes under scrutiny amid US Bar row
Company informs Legal Cheek that no questions generated by AI are used in SQE assessments
Liverpool, Glasgow, Southampton and Warwick law students celebrated at latest Pro Bono Awards
Projects include a Windrush app, sexual violence legal advice and a law-themed classroom outreach
Fancy becoming a Supreme Court justice?
You’ll need ‘sound judgment and decisiveness’
UAE turns to AI to draft the laws of the future
Making legislative system 'faster and more precise'
Top law firms graded on ‘climate accountability’ in new student-led report
Spotlights fossil fuel work
Law student drops legal action over Birmingham bin strikes
Open University student withdraws case after receiving written assurances from the union about adherence to picketing rules
Supreme Court rules ‘woman’ has biological meaning
Top judges unanimous decision that ‘man’ and ‘woman’ in UK equality legislation mean biological sex