Category: News

Law firms ditch training contracts in favour of ‘periods of recognised training’

25-year-old term consigned to history as not-very-catchy replacement is introduced

Jan 8 2015 10:57am

Law firm faces tirade of Twitter abuse for standing by Oldham as Ched Evans saga rumbles on

CM Solicitors -- who act for Oldham as well as sponsoring the club -- face down social media backlash

Jan 8 2015 10:08am

Legal pic of the day

Stickies matter

Jan 7 2015 4:05pm

Legal profession first — 2 Hare Court barrister reads telly weather

Criminal law specialist promotes second series of Judge Rinder by telling the nation that short-term forecast is going to be "terribly cold, terribly wet and thoroughly miserable”

Jan 7 2015 12:10pm

Got a deep macho voice? Best not to become a court advocate, say researchers

Study shows that confidence is far more important than sounding testosterone-fuelled when wooing judges and juries

Jan 7 2015 9:13am

Legal pic of the day

City law firms are getting cuddlier by the day

Jan 6 2015 4:15pm

Lawyer appears in bizarre firm advert with foul-mouthed sex doll

A California high street practice has taken advertising to fresh heights as the founding partner has a chat with a randy doll

Jan 6 2015 3:14pm

Manchester law firm in front line of debate over possible Ched Evans move to Oldham FC

Kit sponsorship means the firm’s name would brush up against that of the convicted rapist -- but CM Solicitors says it will not pull plug on deal if the Wales international signs on at Boundary Park

Jan 6 2015 11:43am

London offices of US giants follow magic circle in bringing forward vac scheme application deadlines

Deadlines for London offices of Shearman & Sterling, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell are next week -- joining handful of other firms

Jan 6 2015 9:16am

Legal pic of the day

Hot under the collar

Jan 5 2015 4:14pm

5 predictions for the legal profession in 2015

A splintering graduate recruitment model will create opportunities for savvy wannabe lawyers, forecasts Legal Cheek managing editor Alex Aldridge

Jan 5 2015 10:28am

Robot solicitors? Firm and uni team up to apply artificial intelligence to law

Potential bad news for training contract hunters of the future ...

Jan 5 2015 10:04am

Law Society launches what looks like a mag for ex-jail birds — but it’s really for in-house counsel

Ludicrously-titled publication arrives as scourge of clinical negligence lawyers prepares to take Chancery Lane helm

Jan 2 2015 11:00am

Magic circle firms bring forward vac scheme application deadlines in battle to bag best students

Allen & Overy deadline was midnight on New Year's Eve -- leapfrogging rivals, whose deadlines fall in next few days

Jan 1 2015 11:29am

The 10 most-read stories of 2014

Your favourite Legal Cheek posts of the year

Dec 29 2014 10:59am

The Legal Cheek 2014 end of year quiz

It has been a vintage year for legal news and gossip -- but how much of it do you remember?

Dec 24 2014 8:58am

Legal pic of the day

City law firm Top Trumps is a thing

Dec 23 2014 4:40pm

The university law faculties that have lost their way

Combine research rankings with teaching satisfaction data and you can see which law schools are floundering

Dec 23 2014 9:15am

Legal pic of the day

Mini-Felipe

Dec 22 2014 5:38pm

King’s crowned top uni law faculty for research ahead of UCL, LSE and Oxbridge

The best -- and the worst -- university law schools for research have been revealed

Dec 22 2014 1:58pm