Category: News
City law firm brings in emotional intelligence training to ward off threat from robots
EQ to trump IQ in age of AI
‘More still needs to be done’ says regulator as latest stats reveal almost a QUARTER of lawyers attended fee paying schools
This rises to 37% for partners in large law firms
Telly quiz show barrister accused of deliberately answering questions wrongly on charity special of The Chase
Quiz fans accuse criminal barrister of foul play so celebs can land charity jackpot
Exam cock-up sees Bristol land law paper accidentally uploaded online and left there for SEVEN hours
Undergrads left angry as staff scramble to draft new paper in time for May exam
Advocacy charity launches Teach First for wannabe lawyers
Brand new grad scheme launched for barrister hopefuls
‘I will no longer support your Chambers’: Top judge’s incredible letter to elite set Blackstone emerges in bias row
The full letter by Mr Justice Peter Smith revealed, as he is barred from hearing Blackstone barristers' cases
Junior barrister who supplied drugs that killed teenage boyfriend accepts his legal career is over
Last week Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron was sentenced to 140 hours of unpaid work and an 18-month supervision order
Revealed: Britain’s most influential law student, as voted for by you
Hundreds of Legal Cheek readers cast their vote, but who’s nabbed the crown?
Law groups unify to create mental health taskforce
The move comes as research earlier this year revealed more than a third of calls to charity helpline were from stressed-out junior lawyers
Capital’s lawyers limber up for London Legal Walk
All the legal celebs will be there
Liverpool anger as Hillsborough QC is nominated for ‘Barrister of the Year’
John Beggs QC targeted in local press and on social media
Cambridge academic rounds on Charlotte Proudman for writing same article ‘over and over again’
Lawyers aren’t very happy with latest piece from the LinkedIn row barrister
BPP Law School loses BPTC ethics exam papers during marking process
Exclusive: Wannabe barristers at London's Holborn branch could have to re-do the exam in August
£1m funding boost opens up Sutton Trust social mobility programme to 14 and 15 year-olds
Nearly 2000 youngsters to benefit from Pathways to Law over next four years, but no corresponding hike in number of undergrad mentors
Vladimir Putin is poster boy for satirical anti-UK Snoopers’ Charter campaign
Russian President is joined by political leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping appearing to endorse controversial bill
BPTC satisfaction survey results: student happiness surprisingly unrelated to chances of pupillage success
Bar course experience better in the regions -- even if life afterwards often isn't
Legal Cheek spat hits the nationals as criminal barrister responds to Oxford law student who called out his ‘Twitter hate campaign’
Criminal barrister v Delicate Oxford flower: Round Two
Flexi-working latest: Macfarlanes, Freshfields and White & Case join the ‘home-desking’ movement
But is the hot City trend of "agile working" simply a token gesture?
LPC satisfaction survey results: Students happiest at the smaller providers
Mood brighter outside the big two
‘Delicate Oxford flower’ takes down top criminal barrister
Second year Oxford University law student details flaws in 30 years and counting barrister’s argument and signs off with a kiss
All five magic circle law firms named in new ‘Panama Papers’ database
Top City firms named as a result of Mossack Fonseca leak and further investigations by press