Category: Podcast

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Is soaring NQ pay impacting trainee retention rates?

The Legal Cheek team discuss NQ salaries, retention rates, financial results and a petition to reform the SQE β€” listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Aug 11 2025 7:48am
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Will AI really replace paralegals?

The Legal Cheek team discuss AI and the future of legal jobs β€” listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Jul 9 2025 8:42am
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Should aspiring lawyers embrace AI? Decoding the mixed messages

The Legal Cheek team explore the conflicting range of advice on AI – listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

May 14 2025 8:54am
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Should law firms stand up to Trump?

The Legal Cheek team ask how law firms should react to Trump's hostile executive orders – listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Apr 29 2025 1:17pm
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Will DeepSeek get you a training contract?

The Legal Cheek team contemplate using AI for law applications β€” listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Feb 10 2025 8:11am
Man and pound signs

Regional junior lawyer salaries reach record high

The Legal Cheek team discuss Simmons' new and improved Β£96k NQ pay in Bristol -- listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Jan 21 2025 8:49am

The truth about junior lawyers’ crazy hours

The Legal Cheek team discuss junior lawyers' worst working days β€” listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Jan 15 2025 8:53am
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LinkedIn limits: The perils of oversharing for aspiring lawyers

The Legal Cheek podcast asks how law students should be using the platform β€” listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Jan 7 2025 11:27am
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Charlotte Proudman’s incredible David v Goliath win

The Legal Cheek team discusses the big legal news stories of last week -- listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Dec 16 2024 8:31am
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Salaries

Do junior lawyers care too much about money?

Sky-high salaries for newly qualified solicitors, problems with the SQE and Β£44 billion turnover for the UK's legal services sector -- listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Dec 11 2024 9:26am
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Podcast: Three legal stories you need to know about

Potential funding cuts to solicitor apprenticeships, transatlantic mergers, and the criminal bar exodus -- listen now πŸŽ™οΈ

Dec 2 2024 7:48am
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The story of corporate law from 1978 until 2024

How big law firms evolved into what they are today

Dec 13 2023 9:21am
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Corporate law and the 2008 financial crash

Podcast: Former Magic Circle dealmaker Alan Paul looks back on the chaos that ensued in the following years πŸŽ™οΈ

Aug 15 2023 8:38am

The transformation of corporate law through the 90s and into the new millennium

Podcast: Ex-Magic Circle partner Alan Paul delves into his time as a top City dealmaker in the period that witnessed the rise of New Labour, the dot-com bubble and the Y2K bug πŸŽ™οΈ

May 31 2023 9:41am

What was corporate law like in the 1980s?

Podcast: Legendary City dealmaker Alan Paul remembers his journey from trainee to partner in the era of miner's strikes, Thatcher and punk πŸŽ™οΈ

Apr 20 2023 8:57am

Law school during the pandemic

A BPP student explains why she and some fellow LPCers aren’t happy

Dec 22 2020 9:44am

The Legal Cheek Podcast: Why failure is just a form of feedback

We sit down with private equity partner Richard Youle ?

Jun 10 2020 11:22am