Category: News

Epilepsy sufferer who left school with no qualifications launches LLM crowdfunder
Rhys Brown needs £24,000 to follow uni dream after winning spot at Birkbeck

Lawyer Photoshops himself into Singapore Mediation Convention pics
Exclusive: Tells Legal Cheek edited images were 'lighthearted' joke

SRA seeks law students and lawyers to sit SQE2 pilot
Cash and work placements up for grabs

18 ‘social justice’ training contracts up for grabs at top UK legal charities
Applications open today

Love Island 2019: Limerick law grad winner reveals he still wants to qualify as a solicitor
Pro rugby player Greg O'Shea stays true to himself and snubs post-Island influencer life

Bristol Uni law students to help bereaved families under new inquest service
Pro bono clinic hopes to ‘plug the gap’ left by legal aid

‘It won’t be long until you’re a kept woman’: Soon-to-be-married barrister goes public with male opponent’s sexist remark
Prompting legal Twitterati to share their sexism stories

Allen & Overy bumps trainee pay as it reveals 89% autumn retention score
£46,500 in year one, rising to £52,500 in year two

Crown Prosecution Service more ‘attractive’ place to work than the magic circle, say law students
Aspiring lawyers value work/life balance over international career

Incoming Exeter Law School chief: Super-exam pilot ‘obscures as much as it reveals’
SQE 1 performance reports lack technical detail, argues Professor Richard Moorhead -- but regulator insists new exam will meet 'high standards'

Vlogging future City trainee solicitor reveals how to secure a vac scheme the ‘easy way’
Ali Obeid has interned at a number of top outfits

Former MP Fiona Onasanya struck off as solicitor
Commercial property law specialist was jailed for three months after lying to avoid speeding points

‘Untrainable’ solicitor slated by employment tribunal over training contract behaviour
Career changer 'clearly unable to accept he was a trainee'

Harry Potter star Emma Watson launches #MeToo legal advice helpline
Free service includes guidance on NDAs and settlement agreements

Barrister fined £500 for threatening police with kitchen knife
Under 'immense stress', according to report

Law students more likely to quit uni than their maths, languages and history-studying peers
Lack of value for money among reasons cited by unhappy undergrads

Bar Council calls out ‘truly shocking’ treatment of pupil barristers
Representative body wants mandatory pupillage contracts to help curb 'abusive' behaviour

Addleshaw Goddard paralegal apprentice left homeless after escaping forced wedding wins £150,000 apartment
Turnaround in fortunes for aspiring real estate lawyer

Average law grad earns £24,500 in first job after uni
Better than business degree holders, but not economics

Clifford Chance tops magic circle trainee pay table with fresh rises
£48,000 in year one, rising to £54,000 in year two