Category: News

Training contract holder awarded four weeks’ pay after firm changed employment terms
Told to work in another office location than was agreed

Hogan Lovells ups NQ pay to £120k in London and £75k in Birmingham
Boosts of 12% and 7%

Bar Council elects first Black vice chair
Barbara Mills KC starts in the role from January 2024

A&O and Shearman merger will put ‘pressure’ on Magic Circle, says former Slaughters chief
Rivals may wonder how to 'ratchet up their US strategy in response'

Pinsents’ former comms chief dies at 40
Fred Banning was diagnosed with cancer in 2020

Clydes ramps up support for new mums and dads with 26 weeks full-paid maternity leave
Major step up from City law standard

A&O and Shearman reveal new combined logo as part of mega merger plans
Magic Circle and US firms announced plans to combine on Sunday

RPC singer bags awards for music video
Music video follows a businessman as he navigates incoming deadlines and his boss's wrath

A&O and Shearman set to create new global mega firm
Magic Circle player 🤝 US giant

Addleshaw Goddard sets SQE maintenance grants
£8k in London, £5k elsewhere

Kim K admits she is struggling with constitutional law
Voicing the pain of law students everywhere

Final speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2023
📣 Last batch of speakers unveiled ahead of Legal Cheek's annual legal education and training conference TOMORROW in London

Dentons goes live with ‘historic’ India tie-up
Global law firm first

Macfarlanes pushes NQ lawyer pay to £115k
7% rise from £107.5k

Trainee solicitor sets sights on Miss Universe crown
Balancing TC and pageants

Slaughters swerves Magic Circle pay war — for now
NQ rates remain at £115k despite rivals raising

Lawyers limber up as countdown to London Legal Walk begins
On track for record-breaking year with 750 teams signed up so far

Wellbeing charity encourages lawyers to talk about their struggles with anxiety
LawCare campaign marks start of Mental Health Awareness Week

Lawyer reaches final of Eurovision
Immigration specialist by day, glam rocker by night 🤟

BPP extends ‘O Shaped’ soft skills learning to solicitor apprentices
Equips aspiring lawyers with human and business know-how

Clifford Chance launches climate risk virtual internship with Swiss Re
Magic Circle player offers aspiring lawyers 'rare exposure' on a range of insurance and reinsurance matters