Category: News
Morning round-up: Monday 13 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
A brief history of ‘near-sourcing’: how Allen & Overy has cut in London and grown in Belfast
A very modern magic circle tale
Legal pic of the day
A lawyer stand-up comedy night: what could possibly go wrong?
Another firm closes doors to wannabe trainees who haven’t done its vac scheme
In a tough graduate job market, Mishcon de Reya has calculated that it can afford to make all new recruits do a placement at the firm
Morning round-up: Friday 10 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
San Marino midfielder Michele Cervellini, who will face England tonight at Wembley in a Euro 2016 qualifier, is a lawyer
Meet the puppy who doesn’t bark in court — and helps a diabetic solicitor-advocate to practise
So fluffy, such Goldendoodle
Come ride in my lime green Lamborghini, says law firm boss
Solicitors' firm chief exec loves his car so much that he wants to share it
Morning round-up: Thursday 9 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Top drafting
The perils of paralegals — regulator bans Irwin Mitchell employee for litany of errors
Birmingham-based paralegal at national firm misled clients over damages and settlements
Twitter row rumbles over of meaning of ‘lawyer’
A leading media rent-a-quote merchant reckons as long as you can say the word, you can adopt the title
Research: Some City firms are not as white and male as you might think — but many still are
Exclusive Legal Cheek research reveals striking disconnect between representation of women at associate and partner levels alongside vastly different attitudes towards hiring ethnic minority lawyers
Morning round-up: Wednesday 8 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
Lib Dem women are being kept well away from Lib Dem lawyers
Lawyers work most hours and are more loyal than anyone else
Members of the legal profession are wonderful employees
Why it’s not a good idea for lawyers to peruse work documents over fast-food
That man looking over your shoulder could be a tabloid hack -- and, worse still, the legal document could be about him
There are two solicitors on The Apprentice 2014 — and one is ex-Slaughter and May
St Albans family lawyer Lauren Riley and ex-Slaughter and May and Latham Watkins associate Felipe Alviar-Baquero to battle it out before Sir Alan in this year's show
Morning round-up: Tuesday 7 October
The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts
Legal pic of the day
This calculator spotted in Linklaters' Stockholm office is pure bling
Lawyer + Hawk = The Law Hawk
Junior lawyer differentiates himself from rivals through really weird 'Texas Law Hawk' video and social media campaign