Category: News

Barrister who sexually assaulted colleague during ‘drunken bender’ wins disbarment appeal
High Court orders Kevin Stewart Farquharson be suspended from practice for two years for assault

Sidley pledges £500,000 to build youth centre in North London
US firm to offer career guidance and work experience opportunities

12 TikToks law students will just get
Bring on the memes

Paralegal stole £438k from law firm to fund gambling addiction
Jailed for three years

ULaw and Newcastle law firm Muckle finalise SQE training deal
First trainees start September 2023

Former Dechert partner slammed for leaking to press about his own client
High Court finds Neil Gerrard committed 'gross and knowing breach of duty'

Shoosmiths raises London NQ lawyer pay by 16% to £87,000
From £58,000 in regions

Willkie Farr and Davis Polk boost training contract numbers in London
Six TCs on offer at both firms in 2023

City Consortium reveals future trainees will complete ‘mini-training seats’ with virtual law firm as part of SQE prep
New details emerge during LegalEdCon 2022

HFW moving to new ‘sustainable’ City office
New HQ features rainwater harvesting and air filtration systems as well as 'highest solar panels in London'

Capsticks writes off trainee debt after bumper pandemic profits
LPC and SQE loans reportedly written off

Slaughters targets 90% emissions reduction by 2040
Joins growing number of City firms implementing green goals 🌍

First class law grad ditches legal career to play Call of Duty professionally
Jade MacIntyre, 24, says she makes more streaming than lawyering

A fifth of law firms will require LPC grads to sit parts of the SQE
Future trainees to undergo further training but at firm's expense, Legal Cheek research reveals

SQE prep provider pledges to reduce law fair merch in new eco push
BARBRI joins elite City firms in signing up to the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance

O Shaped Lawyer strikes first law firm deal
Browne Jacobson joins soft skills movement

Ropes & Gray launches social mobility work experience programme
Two lucky participants will go on to receive £20k scholarship, vac scheme place and long-term mentoring courtesy of US law firm

Latest speakers announced as profession gears up for LegalEdCon 2022
Leading figures to descend on Kings Cross as Legal Cheek’s future of legal education and training conference returns this Thursday

On this day, 100 years ago, the first woman was called to the bar
Dr Ivy Williams made history on 10 May 1922