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‘Tech doesn’t respect boundaries — it is universal and affects how we run all our practice areas’

Legal Cheek Careers chats to Clifford Chance partner and co-head of the technology practice, Jonathan Kewley, about the firm’s new lawtech training contract

May 16 2019 11:42am
How Freshfields’ £100k NQ pay will change the profession

Magic circle embrace of MoneyLaw set to have far-reaching effects

May 15 2019 8:52am
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Clifford Chance increases GDL maintenance grant to £10,000

Exclusive: First magic circle firm to award five-figure sum

May 13 2019 9:03am
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Clifford Chance mulls scrapping billable hour as performance metric

Pilot applies to trainee solicitors and up

May 3 2019 8:11am
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LexisNexis director of solutions, Norton Rose Fulbright innovation manager and Manchester Uni academic latest speakers at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Sector thought leaders to discuss cross-disciplinary skills at 22 May event

Apr 10 2019 10:40am
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Email fraudsters impersonate Clifford Chance UK managing partner

Spell name wrong in dodgy emails

Apr 1 2019 3:29pm
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Linklaters and Clifford Chance latest firms to pay for gender reassignment surgery

Transitioning support also available for lawyers and support staff

Mar 27 2019 3:50pm
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And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2019 are…

Gongs galore for industry’s top players, including firm of the year Taylor Wessing and ‘Most Admired’ chambers Blackstone

Mar 25 2019 12:38pm
Clifford Chance offers lawyers two months unpaid holiday

Pilot part of a more flexible approach to work, says magic circle player

Mar 4 2019 2:20pm
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Clifford Chance keeps 46 out of 51 spring qualifying trainee solicitors

90%

Feb 15 2019 9:12am
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City law firms dominate LGBT top 100 employer list

Pinsent Masons came out on top

Jan 21 2019 8:56am
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The most impressive law firm offices — 2019 edition

Imagine going to work in these buildings!

Dec 18 2018 8:50am
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Revealed: The law firms with the best perks 2018–19

From swimming pools to sleeping pods — and everything in between

Dec 4 2018 9:12am
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Careers

Countdown begins for UK’s only careers event for STEM students interested in becoming lawyers

Dedicated law careers event for STEM students takes place on evening of 14 November

Oct 29 2018 2:55pm
Revealed: The best law firms for training 2018-19

The results from the new Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey are in

Oct 16 2018 10:43am
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Careers

What does AI mean for the lawyer of the future?

250 students head to Clifford Chance’s Canary Wharf office to find out

Sep 24 2018 5:00pm
Journal

Can copyright subsist in an artificial intelligence-generated work?

Clifford Chance senior associate Leigh Smith considers some of the intellectual property law issues arising from the increasing prevalence, and increasing capability, of AI software

Sep 13 2018 10:02am
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Life as a Clifford Chance lawyer on the tech frontline — and how you can become one too

A sneak preview of the hints and tips magic circle associate Jamie Andrew will share at Legal Cheek’s ‘Artificial intelligence and the law’ event next month

Aug 22 2018 2:04pm

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Student event: Artificial intelligence and the law — with Clifford Chance

Top City lawyers discuss the impact AI is having on the profession; students ask the questions

Aug 17 2018 10:58am
‘I have training contract offers from Slaughter and May, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins and White & Case — which one do I accept?’

Magic circle versus US megafirms

Aug 9 2018 10:20am
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Clifford Chance ups training contract numbers from 80 to 95 in first magic circle increase since 2008 financial crisis

Exclusive: TCs soar by nearly 20% 🎉

Aug 2 2018 9:00am
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Clifford Chance launches lawtech training contract that leads to qualification as a solicitor

New scheme will run alongside firm’s conventional training contract

Aug 1 2018 12:18am
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Clifford Chance becomes first magic circle firm to reveal autumn retention score — 77%

Canary Wharf-based giant keeps 36 out of 47 NQs

Jul 19 2018 1:44pm
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14 law firms named on 2018 social mobility power list

Top 10 spots for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Baker McKenzie

Jul 12 2018 8:43am
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Clifford Chance offers tech-focused ‘vac scheme’ to future trainees

Includes crash courses in coding and data analytics

Jul 6 2018 9:34am
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Clifford Chance equity partners to earn an average of £1.6 million

First magic circle financials released

Jul 4 2018 11:04am
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MP slams Allen & Overy over refusal to ‘come clean’ on partner gender pay gap data

As Freshfields and Slaughter and May reveal figures to select committee

Jun 21 2018 11:46am
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Clifford Chance faces potential SRA probe following complaint from Welsh bricklayer

Magic circle giant accused of overlooking fraud allegation

May 29 2018 2:57pm
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‘I studied law at Cambridge and worked at Clifford Chance, now I own an award-winning Chinese restaurant’

Multi-tasking pro Helen Tse speaks to Legal Cheek about being a law firm partner, restauranteur, businesswoman and published author, all at the same time

May 4 2018 10:24am
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Pinsent Masons, Eversheds Sutherland, DLA Piper and CMS trump magic circle rivals in 2018 brand power list

Based on opinions of almost 500 legal counsel

May 3 2018 1:37pm
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Clifford Chance launches ‘Tech Academy’ to help lawyers get to grips with coding

AI, blockchain and cybersecurity lessons also on the menu

Apr 5 2018 2:22pm
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Clifford Chance reveals 44% gender pay gap – but figure includes mega-earning partners

First firm to calculate its salary statistic in this way

Mar 27 2018 9:05am
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Ex-Clifford Chance trainee who failed in bid to sue Oxford University over ‘inadequate’ teaching faces £75,000 legal bill

Permission to appeal original decision also refused

Mar 20 2018 2:16pm
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Mystery man spotted with Princess Beatrice in Los Angeles is former Clifford Chance lawyer

Leeds law grad counts Floyd Mayweather Jr and Robbie Williams among his celebrity pals

Feb 27 2018 11:51am
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Sixty paralegals to join Clifford Chance as firm snaps up Carillion’s low-cost legal hub in Newcastle

Construction giant went into liquidation last month

Feb 15 2018 11:55am
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Ex-Clifford Chance trainee LOSES bid to sue Oxford University over ‘inadequate’ teaching

Faiz Siddiqui was seeking £1 million for lost legal dream

Feb 8 2018 10:22am
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The best use of social media — 2018 edition

Lawyers wow with Supreme Court selfies, Snapchat vac schemes and Suits recruitment vids

Feb 1 2018 10:42am
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16 City firms make it to LGBT top 100 employer list

Legal profession most represented sector

Jan 31 2018 12:28pm
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Clifford Chance keeps 44 of its 48 spring NQs

As Trowers & Hamlins confirms six of its seven rookies are staying put

Jan 19 2018 2:29pm
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Clifford Chance and Freshfields boost LPC grants by 43%

Exclusive: £3,000 more than Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Slaughter and May

Jan 16 2018 3:29pm
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What we learned about fintech from some of the biggest brains at Clifford Chance

Technology presents both risks and opportunities to traditional financial institutions — and their lawyers need to help them stay ahead of the curve

Jan 16 2018 2:36pm
Clifford Chance and Linklaters among top City firms to descend on Delhi as battle to access India’s lucrative legal market reignites

Push for liberalisation

Jan 15 2018 3:47pm
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The most impressive law firm offices — 2018 edition

Where spectacular views and top-notch facilities are part and parcel

Jan 10 2018 9:34am
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Legal Cheek’s alternative predictions for 2018

2017 was quite a ride — this year could be even more of a rollercoaster

Jan 2 2018 9:49am
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My journey from Manchester Uni law student to Clifford Chance banking & finance associate

Nikhita Suria looks back on her journey with the firm to date, which has been enriched by the firm’s support in developing her interest in fintech

Dec 27 2017 11:45am