Category: News
Paralegal who worked for two firms at the same time barred from legal profession
A big price to pay for some extra cash
Mass exodus at Mansfield 1 Gray’s Inn Square as 20 barristers join Goldsmith Chambers
Exclusive: Just eight months after merger deal
Lawyers ‘glad’ they didn’t have to cross examine Taylor Swift as pop star’s sassy testimony hits headlines
‘He had a handful of my ass’
23 out of Macfarlanes’ 25 qualifying trainees given permanent jobs
The other two accepted fixed term contracts; each can expect to earn at least £81,300
Future lawyer daughter of top QC in acid attack shame
Emily Bowen's reported place to study law at Aberdeen Uni put on hold as she's sent to prison
You can now do a training contract funded by Children in Need
Social welfare solicitor scheme offers more places than ever
Latham & Watkins, Dentons and Taylor Wessing reveal mixed retention fortunes
Some good, some not so good
London law firm denies knowledge of advert for trainee solicitor job that pays just £10k
You'd earn double that in Aldi, and five times at other outfits
Freshfields posts uncharacteristically low trainee retention rate
Legal Cheek called it back in May
Brexit will not happen, claims head of Durham Law School who said Article 50 wouldn’t be triggered
Don’t throw out your EU law statute books just yet
Charles Russell Speechlys teams up with ULaw to offer £5,000 scholarship/vac scheme combo
But the deadline is Friday ?
Retention rate news: Pinsent Masons posts 74% score
As Forsters reveals perfect 100% result
Ex-KWM staff offered £4,000 each over ‘technical breach’ during redundancy process
But the compensation deal is only on the table until Friday
Law firm fidget spinners are now a thing
Freshfields, Milbank and Baker Botts embrace playground craze
Oxford law grad sues Jesus College for loss of earnings after being ‘denied reasonable adjustments’ in her exams
24-year-old's solicitor talks to Legal Cheek about the rationale behind the claim
‘Sip test’: Coffee-loving lawyers slam new security rules for bringing drinks into court
'Is this really necessary?'
‘Introduce quotas for state school educated barristers and judges,’ suggests Guardian journalist
Ellie Mae O’Hagan tells Legal Cheek she hopes column will help 'address the problem of elitism'
Pinsents pay: NQs up to £68,000 while trainees handed £2,000 increases
A good summer for City law pay
Former Kent Uni criminology student robs robing room after posing as pupil barrister to get past Old Bailey security
He has previous for stealing law books from King’s College London library
Allen & Overy posts 85% autumn retention result
40 out of 47 rookies commit future to magic circle firm