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Tickets go on sale for The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference London 2020

At Kings Place, Kings Cross, London, on Thursday 14 May 2020

Nov 5 2019 8:54am
Pro bono week: a quarter of barristers undertook free legal work last year

Record high

Nov 4 2019 10:54am
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BPP grad denied licence to practise law over LLM plagiarism

Applied for foreign lawyer status

Nov 4 2019 9:01am
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Legal Cheek global economy of the 2020s student events in Edinburgh and London this week

We’re in the Scottish capital at Addleshaw Goddard on Wednesday evening and in the City of London with Osborne Clarke on Thursday

Nov 3 2019 1:13pm
Super-exam pass rates could be higher than LPC, says boss of new SQE mega provider

Comments come after Linklaters training chief revealed fear that more magic circle rookies could fail SQE

Nov 1 2019 9:04am
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Kim Kardashian recreates Elle Woods’ iconic Harvard Law School admission video essay

World’s most famous law student wins Halloween with Legally Blonde tribute

Oct 31 2019 9:10pm
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Osborne Clarke chalks up 95% trainee retention result

19 out of 20

Oct 31 2019 12:39pm
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Vampire, joker and clown top list of Halloween characters public most associate with lawyers

🧛 🃏 🤡

Oct 31 2019 11:33am
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City Law School latest to offer two-part bar course following regulatory shake-up

It’s much cheaper, too

Oct 31 2019 8:55am
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Swansea Uni-backed legal lab scoops £4 million in EU funding

New hub to support research and develop advances in lawtech, Welsh government says

Oct 30 2019 12:05pm
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Benefit fraud trial: Lord Harley caught out after becoming ‘particularly elated’ following case victory, court hears

Filmed by investigators

Oct 30 2019 11:08am
You’ve ‘wrecked’ my dream of becoming a lawyer: French LPC student blasts Boris’ Brexit vision in emotional open letter

PM is putting party and ego before national interests, Royal Holloway law grad claims

Oct 30 2019 9:03am
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Lord Keen QC cleared of professional misconduct after firearms conviction

Top Scottish lawyer appeared before a disciplinary tribunal

Oct 29 2019 2:43pm
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Fifth of law firms fail on money laundering rules, says SRA

Regulator to ramp up compliance checks in wake of review

Oct 29 2019 9:41am
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Covington & Burling ups London NQ solicitor pay to £120,000

Extra £20,000

Oct 29 2019 9:05am
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Law firm flotations could help attract top lawyer talent through mega-money share options, survey findings suggest

As rumours surrounding Mishcon IPO continue

Oct 28 2019 11:35am
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Hull University law student who tragically killed himself awarded posthumous first-class LLB

Phil Taylor found dead at his home earlier this year, inquest hears

Oct 28 2019 10:18am
10 month suspension for barrister who posted ‘offensive’ comments on Facebook

Less than a week after regulator issued fresh guidance on social media etiquette

Oct 28 2019 8:30am
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Legal Cheek student events in Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh and London

Featuring Addleshaw Goddard, BCLP, Burges Salmon, CMS, Gowling WLG, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hill Dickinson, Irwin Mitchell, Linklaters, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, Ropes & Gray, Squire Patton Boggs and more

Oct 27 2019 8:32am
Meet the lip-syncing lawyer with nearly 2 million TikTok followers

Be sure to follow Legal Cheek on the latest platform to take the social media world by storm

Oct 25 2019 8:57am
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Lawyers caught gossiping about employment case in the pub let off the hook

Discussion of how to ‘manage out’ man bringing discrimination claim not allowed into evidence

Oct 24 2019 1:06pm
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