Category: News

Ex-Skadden trainee appointed parliamentary private secretary to Michael Gove

Hopefully Robert Jenrick MP will be able to remember the public law module from his GDL

May 29 2015 5:36pm

Former Allen & Overy solicitor Chelsy Davy joins ‘hedonistic vibes’ DJ collective

Prince Harry's ex makes next move after quitting magic circle

May 29 2015 11:48am

Ashurst latest firm to boost trainee and junior lawyer pay

Gap emerging as "silver circle" firm's pay rises fall short of top 10 rivals

May 27 2015 5:20pm

Shearman & Sterling blitzes magic circle with trainee and NQ pay rises

London office of US firm asserts pay supremacy

May 27 2015 12:20pm

McKenzie friend gives budding advocates a lesson in how not to behave in court

Don’t call the other side a “lying slag” and/or “bitch” and don’t physically “face up” to barristers in court

May 26 2015 1:44pm

Oxbridge takes top honours in latest law faculty league table

London’s Queen Mary trails a distant third in newspaper list, while a barrel-load of Russell Group big names disappoints

May 26 2015 11:58am

Direct access in spotlight after barrister is slapped with 11 misconduct findings

Immigration specialist vows to appeal ruling, which came after he had been named and shamed by ombudsman at the end of last year

May 26 2015 10:00am

Welcome to the new Legal Cheek website

It works the same, but shows more stories and looks better

May 23 2015 5:33pm

Defendant tells judge that Solomon the cuddly owl will defend him

Pensioner frustrated by crumbling US public defender service turns to a piece taxidermy for legal advice; lessons for UK legal aid?

May 22 2015 4:06pm

Two City firms launch sci-fi recruitment tool in bid to boost diversity

Hogan Lovells and Baker & McKenzie rush to front line of technology-assisted scheme to make City legal practice more representative of wider society

May 22 2015 2:29pm

Linklaters takes trainee pay honours for English firms — just days after Hogan Lovells shot to top spot

Magic circle firm also boosts cash for qualifying solicitors but this time falls short of transatlantic rivals and Slaughter and May

May 22 2015 7:31am

Law school exams are ‘literally worse than having my wisdom teeth extracted’

Many feel the pain, but one student’s angst over endless hours of revision and rewrites has ended up on the internet

May 21 2015 4:28pm

Doughty Street barrister a pawn in Clooney prank on Pitt

Hollywood mega-star seems to think his human rights missus is a criminal law specialist, who will spring him from jail when he snaps his fingers

May 21 2015 2:11pm

Vast majority of crime barristers back picket lines to oppose legal aid reforms

First challenge for newbie Justice Secretary Gove could be to dodge his way through striking lawyers looking to block “dual provider scheme”

May 21 2015 12:06pm

Was Osama bin Laden doing law revision when raided by special forces?

US spooks reveal the al-Qaeda supremo was leafing through LSE-educated solicitor’s book in the hours before he met his end

May 21 2015 10:19am

Edward Snowden journo’s latest scoop is about GCHQ’s misuse of a gavel

The moment the campaign against inappropriate gavels hit the big league

May 21 2015 9:14am

London trainee faces career ruin after faking law degree and LPC certificates

Regulator releases details today of finding against 29-year-old former London South Bank University student

May 20 2015 4:15pm

Hogan Lovells boosts trainee and NQ wedge to join Slaughters at top of English pay table

Anglo-US firm waves two fingers at UK deflation as it pumps up newly-qualified salaries by 7.5%

May 20 2015 3:12pm