Category: News

Apprentices among top performers on SQE
Strong pass rates due to mix of classroom and practical learning, says regulator

Simmons & Simmons and TLT launch joint training contract with Barclays
First recruits start this September

Man City sign Blackstone super silk who charges rumoured £5k an hour to defend Premier League claim
Mega-wealthy club call on services of Lord Pannick (again)

The best Legal Cheek Journal contributions of the year
We look back at the top submissions of 2022-23

Twice as many women as men apply to study law
Overall law school applications have increased by over 17,000 since 2019, UCAS data shows

Ex-Law Society president joins Linklaters as diversity and inclusion advisor
New role for I. Stephanie Boyce

Kanye West’s lawyers Greenberg Traurig finally serve paperwork to end their relationship
Top US firm had apparently been trying to reach the rapper for months

Suits’ Rachel Zane ranked among TV’s most influential characters
Meghan Markle’s character sent Google searches for 'paralegal career' soaring, new research shows

Taylor Wessing targets school leavers with new solicitor apprenticeship
Launch marks start of National Apprenticeship Week

Baker McKenzie Belgium managing partner steps down pending review into office racism claims
Follows email leaked to Legal Cheek

Slaughters keeps all 47 spring NQ lawyers
Perfect 100% score

Lord Kitchin to retire from Supreme Court
Top judge to spend more time with family

Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans abandon merger talks
Duo decide 'best path forward is to remain independent'

Listed law firm fires chief exec over ‘cultural concerns’
Nicola Foulston took Rosenblatt public in 2018

Law prof apologises for telling student ‘f*ck you’
She had asked him to speak a little slower during a lecture

Express Solicitors to recruit pupil barristers for first time
Eight spots up for grabs at personal injury specialist

The 10 best legal social media users of 2023
Which lawfluencer will win this year's Legal Cheek Award?

Exclusive: Baker McKenzie lawyer quits citing ‘lack of diversity’ in email to colleagues
Firm apologises and says it is conducting 'thorough review of the issues highlighted'

Number of law students joining lost learning group action more than doubles in two months
Over 4,500 now signed up to Covid and strike claim

Public favours barristers with posh accents, study finds
Regional voices still encounter bias