Category: News
Hogan Lovells launches free global mentoring service to help guide entrepreneurs through their ‘fintech journey’
International giant joins growing City trend
First non-white Old Bailey judge was told to ‘try hairdressing instead’
Judge Anuja Ravindra Dhir QC also recalls being mistaken for a defendant when she was at the bar
Reprimanded: Judge who offered to pay victim surcharge for teenage defendant convicted of stabbing her abuser through the heart
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said his actions amounted to misconduct
Baker McKenzie keeps 13 of its 16 spring qualifiers
International outfit’s London office racks up 81% retention score
Top black judge who said ‘racism is alive and well’ among the judiciary is reprimanded over ‘inappropriate’ comments
Peter Herbert gave a public speech following Tower Hamlets electoral fraud scandal
Law professor suing Donald Trump has made a cringeworthy World War I anniversary Twitter gaffe
He's a top Harvard academic who has appeared in the Supreme Court 36 times...
Competition: The Cyber Crime Blogging Prize
2017 Legal Cheek Journal competition opens -- with return transatlantic flights for the winner
Barrister who admitted supplying drugs that killed teenage boyfriend is NOT struck off
Henry Hendron avoided jail last year
BPP to cover course fees of ex-KWM future trainees as it emerges that firm collapsed owing law school £236,000
Bristol and Oxford students law societies also left out of pocket as millionaire ex-KWM partners join new firms
I’ve been paid! QC dismisses report claiming she is owed £200,000 following collapse of KWM
Catherine Newman QC says she received money in full despite featuring in administrators statement
City Uni law students victorious in Luxembourg Court of Justice moot
They beat fellow finalists from the Netherlands, Latvia and Sweden
Image of top chancery QC giving penis-themed PowerPoint presentation surfaces online
The story behind the unusual picture
BPP unveils two new LLM programmes tailored to practice as a solicitor or barrister
And both are eligible for government student loans
Better late than never: Liz Truss finally made honorary bencher of Lincoln’s Inn
Apparently one Court of Appeal judge refused to stand up
Berwin Leighton Paisner to offer City trainees secondments at its Manchester hub
As international outfit confirms first northern rookie lawyers
Online petition calling on government to shelve late opening hours for courts hits target of 2,000 signatures
Lawyers with young children could be placed at a disadvantage
Aspiring barrister who documented her BPTC struggles in new BBC programme is appealing Inner Temple’s decision to deny her a scholarship
Leila Taleb is from a working class family in Bradford and is trying to raise £14,500 for her fees
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang to cough up £250,000 as 25 future trainees accept training contract deferral deal
Legal Cheek revealed details of the offer back in November
Cornerstone Barristers ups pupillage award by 25% to £50,000
Chambers responsible for saving Fabric nightclub chucks extra cash at its pupils
Lawyers bringing defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed use clickbait headline in official court document
Exhibit 41 is a picture of a kitten