Category: News
Even Lord Neuberger thinks EU cases are boring
The hearings are “unexciting to the point of being soporifically leaden”
Linklaters’ latest partner promotion round features a notable lack of women
Global titan falls short of its gender diversity target
Criminal lawyers warn against chemsex death barrister’s pre-sentence media appearances
Is mitigation better advanced by counsel?
Legal Cheek readers’ ultimate nightmare law exam revealed
Can you guess what it is?
Career ‘tragedy’ for junior barrister as he’s jailed for conspiracy to supply cocaine
Rookie criminal lawyer sent to slammer for over three years
Disbarred: Constance Briscoe’s legal career is officially over
She had quite a ride
Baker & McKenzie and Pinsent Masons reveal contrasting trainee retention rates
Bakers keeps most as Pinsents says farewell to half
Depressed law student blew loan on replica football shirts and showered for up to six hours a day, but is now back on his feet
University provides “the perfect conditions for depression to thrive”, says Queen’s University Belfast second year
Legal charity launches new family law focused social welfare pupillage scheme
Special two-year fellowship that will see successful candidates split their time between Bar Pro Bono Unit and chambers
Macfarlanes misses golden opportunity to improve its lagging gender diversity stats
All male partnership promotion could see firm drop into ‘relegation zone’ in Legal Cheek’s table
Sheffield barrister who was jailed for teen sex attack after successful Crimewatch appeal booted out of profession
Criminal barrister Desmond Rosario was jailed for four years last summer
Research: Medicine, economics and engineering grads earn more than those with law degrees
10 years on, male law graduates earn nearly 20% more than their female counterparts
Reed Smith confirms merger talks with Philadelphia outfit Pepper Hamilton
Rumours circulate that Clyde & Co is eyeing up potential suitors in Miami
Solicitor General under pressure over blind trust disclosure
As students of equity & trusts will of course know, the arrangement allows Robert Buckland QC's financial affairs to remain secret
Research: top students from disadvantaged backgrounds less likely to apply for elite training contracts
'Contextual recruitment' needed to stop the privileged bagging all the jobs, says agency which developed method
Legal academic granted permission to judicially review cancellation of controversial Southampton Law School conference
Exclusive: Freedom of speech row over cancelled "anti-Semitic" event to hit the courts
Shearman & Sterling considers work from home option for its London lawyers
Now US firms are eyeing 'agile working'
Medical negligence solicitor’s angry speech to junior doctors goes viral
“The government has declared war on the people in this country," roars Simpson Millar's Peter Stefanovic
Revealed: the universities which give you the best chance of making it to the top of the magic and silver circle
Oxbridge dominates, but there are some surprises
Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts appears as litigant-in-person in private dispute
Exclusive: Alastair Pitblado and his fiancée in High Court today -- acting for themselves in £150k planning row
Half of Allen & Overy’s new London partners are women
Internationally the figure is 29%, as firm homes in on rather low gender diversity target