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Travers Smith raises NQ lawyer salary to £100k

Rises for trainees and other associate ranks

Jan 7 2022 1:30pm
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‘Legally Brunette’ TikToker documents life as a UCL law student

Daniella Swinson’s amusing clips have amassed over one million likes

Jan 14 2021 9:07am
London lawyer sues Dumbledore actor

Former Clyde & Co associate Toby Clouston claims his foot was run over by Harry Potter movie star Sir Michael Gambon

Nov 23 2020 1:40pm
Irish solicitor gives CPR to dying bear

Killian MacLochlainn owns an animal sanctuary

Oct 29 2020 10:21am
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
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What it takes to be an employment lawyer

ULaw campus dean Amanda Hedayati reflects on her legal career ahead of tonight’s ‘Secrets to Success’ event in Manchester

Feb 27 2020 11:15am

Cardiff University law student appears on Rich Kids Go Skint

Wannabe solicitor spends up to £100 a week on Deliveroo takeaways

Nov 18 2019 3:19pm
Meet the lip-syncing lawyer with nearly 2 million TikTok followers

Be sure to follow Legal Cheek on the latest platform to take the social media world by storm

Oct 25 2019 8:57am
Simmons & Simmons embraces NewLaw movement with ‘legal engineering’ acquisition

BigLaw continues to make big moves into the lawtech space

Jul 24 2019 12:10pm
‘Extremely overworked’ City lawyer fined £2,500 for erroneously expensing Uber journeys twice

Fladgate solicitor hauled before disciplinary tribunal

Jul 17 2019 10:21am
Vlogging star opens up about life on accelerated LPC

Eve Cornwell gets candid about intense, six-month course

Jul 2 2019 8:57am
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Career changers: 6 things you need to know before making the switch to law

Lawyers share their routes into the profession — and what they learned along the way

May 30 2019 3:39pm

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Event: How to move in-house as a junior lawyer — with Axiom

Rising star lawyers at tech companies share their experiences

Sep 18 2018 8:59am
Solicitor turned Tory candidate produces incredible Alan Partridge-esque election video

Sir Greg Knight’s campaign clip has gone viral

Jun 6 2017 1:07pm
LinkedIn removes Lord Harley’s incredible profile following investigation

Exclusive: He will no longer be able to access it

May 22 2017 9:00am
Texas Law Hawk Christmas edition: Can the police legally search Santa’s sleigh?

US lawyer turned YouTube sensation is back — this time with a flamethrower

Dec 6 2016 9:07am
A trainee’s revenge: Ex-private client solicitor slams the ‘Harrods wife’

But the ‘Tesco wife’ doesn’t come out much better

Jul 21 2016 11:46am
Criminal barrister handed suspended sentence for stalking ex-lover

Conviction follows on from his lawyer wife being given a 12-month restraining order and curfew for her own campaign against husband’s ex-mistress

Jun 30 2016 11:16am

Cringeworthy Skadden recruitment brochure from bygone days surfaces online

They sure don’t make them like they used to

May 27 2016 9:48am
Personal injury solicitor storms off football pitch to head-butt supporter

Regulator to investigate lawyer’s park footie behaviour after he pleaded guilty to GBH

Aug 20 2015 11:43am