Category: News
Baker McKenzie keeps 13 out of 18 spring qualifying trainees
One on fixed-term deal
Linklaters gives lawyers option to switch bank holidays
Magic Circle firm says move will provide flexibility to observe religious and cultural events
GPT-4 claims it could ‘potentially replace’ paralegals
New AI tool reckons it can replicate their research and organisational skills
HSF becomes first City law firm to sign up to ‘living pension’
New initiative aims to bolster post-retirement finances
Reddit user asks ChatGPT to explain Donoghue v Stevenson in a ‘gangsta way’
AI meets tort law 🐌
Meet the Lambo-driving criminal law solicitor with over 100k followers on TikTok
Akhmed Yakoob tells Legal Cheek how he cultivated his online following
Sweet success! Law firm dishes out Wonka-style golden ticket TC offers
All seven applicants secure training contracts
Trainee solicitor stole over £100k from firm to fund gambling addiction
Jailed for two years
India opens its doors to international law firms
Could secondment opportunities follow?
Barrister Henry Hendron admits obtaining drugs from clients
Sentenced next month
Black paralegal ‘felt vulnerable and targeted’ after being stopped by police on the way to visit client
British Transport Police say they were acting on intelligence
London crowned ‘best city for lawyers’
Oslo and Berlin joint second in new study
Report flags differences in SQE pass rates between white and BAME candidates
Plus exam fee increases on the way
Law Society gets down with Gen Z lawyers on TikTok
200-year-old institution embraces popular social media platform
BARBRI and London South Bank to deliver SQE-LLM
London university to also offer QWE placements
And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2023 are…
Who won what: revealed
Government Legal Department reveals SQE plans
Also looks to increase trainee numbers
Law ranks second for graduate earning power
Beaten by investment banking
UK law firms ramp up rookie recruitment in Ireland
Simmons to double TC offering while Bird & Bird and Taylor Wessing plan scheme launches
The College of Legal Practice strikes SQE training partnership with national law firm
Clarke Wilmott gives 'most promising' paralegals opportunity to qualify as solicitors