Legal Cheek Journal
Diagnosis high risk: Why the NHS is a cyber criminal’s dream
Hackers are taking a more sinister approach than most people would care to imagine
Retention rate news: Pinsent Masons posts 74% score
As Forsters reveals perfect 100% result
Ex-KWM staff offered £4,000 each over ‘technical breach’ during redundancy process
But the compensation deal is only on the table until Friday
Law firm fidget spinners are now a thing
Freshfields, Milbank and Baker Botts embrace playground craze
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A trainee solicitor’s experience of law firm innovation
Reed Smith’s Shannon Diggory reports from the City frontline
Oxford law grad sues Jesus College for loss of earnings after being ‘denied reasonable adjustments’ in her exams
24-year-old’s solicitor talks to Legal Cheek about the rationale behind the claim
‘Sip test’: Coffee-loving lawyers slam new security rules for bringing drinks into court
‘Is this really necessary?’
‘Introduce quotas for state school educated barristers and judges,’ suggests Guardian journalist
Ellie Mae O’Hagan tells Legal Cheek she hopes column will help ‘address the problem of elitism’
Pinsents pay: NQs up to £68,000 while trainees handed £2,000 increases
A good summer for City law pay
Former Kent Uni criminology student robs robing room after posing as pupil barrister to get past Old Bailey security
He has previous for stealing law books from King’s College London library
8 articles to read if you want to brush up on your commercial awareness
Interview soundbites galore
Allen & Overy posts 85% autumn retention result
40 out of 47 rookies commit future to magic circle firm
London student moves into Mark Zuckerberg’s old house to develop tech that will ‘take down’ the legal profession
The 20-year-old wants to automate lawyers out of existence
Gordon Dadds raises £20 million as shares hit London Stock Exchange
Full-service outfit does a Gateley
Simmons & Simmons, Holman Fenwick Willan and Ince & Co boost junior lawyer salaries
Trainees also handed modest rises
Half of Weil Gotshal’s qualifying trainees quit despite receiving NQ job offers
Firm says it’s because roles couldn’t be found in desired practice areas, as rumours swirl about low morale
Legal Cheek Journal
I’m 14-years-old and I’m worried about robots stealing lawyer jobs
Will all the positions be gone by the time I qualify?
Why do barrister gowns look so weird from the back?
Some think it’s so money can be dropped inside
Lord Neuberger reveals his biggest regrets
Exclusive: Supreme Court president admits there are cases he wonders if he got right
DLA Piper bumps London NQ pay by 7% to £75,000
Global outfit’s trainees will also receive extra cash
Edinburgh law student goes viral after posting creepy messages from landlord
Warning: contains foot fetishes and chastity belts
Retention latest: Osborne Clarke posts 82% as Bird & Bird reveals 83% result
The strong autumn scores continue
Complaints about barristers’ social media behaviour on the rise
But many are dismissed as free speech
Late night and early morning courts are ‘not a disguised attempt’ to force lawyers to work more, insists top judge
Lord Fulford moves to soothe profession after outcry over 8am-8pm justice
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Freshfields sends Manchester paralegals on mini-secondments to London, Dubai and Germany 
Solicitor who made anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist Facebook comments handed 12-month suspension 
The Firms Most List 
A-level results day: Student spotted swigging booze from hip flask on live TV is off to study law at Liverpool Uni 
Linklaters keeps 47 of its 56 trainees upon qualification
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Solicitor who made anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist Facebook comments handed 12-month suspension (48)
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Linklaters keeps 47 of its 56 trainees upon qualification (34)
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Piers Morgan tells US lawyer that Harvard Law School is ‘somewhere south of Dumb & Dumber’ (30)
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City solicitor turned East End teacher set to send 95% of pupils to Russell Group unis (30)
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