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‘I am first and foremost a lawyer — my media appearances are just an added bonus’
Employment lawyer Kevin Poulter sits down with Legal Cheek to discuss social media, Alan Titchmarsh and his latest podcast project

‘I’m a former magic circle lawyer with 20 years’ experience in legal education — this is how to secure a training contract’
A sneak peek at the hints and tips The University of Law's professor Alexis Mavrikakis will share at this evening's Secrets to Success event

Partners are ‘coasting to retirement’ and ‘chronically under-performing’, says new research
US law firms living in 'false sense of security' -- is the same true in the UK?

MPs take aim at magic circle over Russia dealings and Carillion collapse
Politicians' knives out for cream of corporate law crop

‘Time spent being innovative counts towards billable targets,’ Reed Smith tells lawyers
Following a successful pilot

The story of Christabel Pankhurst, the law graduate suffragette barred from joining an Inn
We pick up the trail of the female suffrage campaigner coined 'Queen of the Mob' by the press, 100 years after (some) women got the vote

Deadline for gender pay gap reporting is today — here’s how law firms have done
The outfits with the biggest (and smallest) pay gaps in the City

The partner problem means law firm gender pay gap stats are pretty useless
A clutter of results impossible to compare

Morning round-up: Thursday 22 March
The morning's top legal affairs news stories

And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2018 are…
Who won what: revealed

Allen & Overy’s gender pay gap is 27%
Second magic circle firm to release data, as Irwin Mitchell and Leigh Day unveil far smaller figures

Firms with the fewest women pay the most money
Burden lies with top-paying outfits to attract more women, researchers say

Linklaters becomes first magic circle firm to reveal gender pay gap stats
Structure of workforce behind 39% figure

Booming in Bristol: Should junior lawyers shun London for the West Country?
City's six-figure salaries will boost your ego but little else

RPC launches new training contracts with 2018 start date
No two-year wait for firm's Bristol trainees

The best use of social media — 2018 edition
Lawyers wow with Supreme Court selfies, Snapchat vac schemes and Suits recruitment vids

16 City firms make it to LGBT top 100 employer list
Legal profession most represented sector

Female partners in London earn £165,000 less than male counterparts
Gender bias and nepotism still present, partners think

Exeter law grad reveals Lord Neuberger is a huge Game of Thrones fan as he presents ex-Supreme Court president with honorary degree
Exclusive: He's into Breaking Bad too
Morning round-up: Tuesday 23 January
The morning's top legal affairs news stories