Tag: Solicitors

Should aspiring lawyers embrace AI? Decoding the mixed messages

The Legal Cheek team explore the conflicting range of advice on AI – listen now 🎙️

May 14 2025 8:54am
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Law firm partner struck off following rape conviction

Currently serving eight-year prison sentence

May 13 2025 11:57am
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UCL law school takes on ‘AI slop’ with assessment overhaul

University College London will ensure most law assessments are artificial intelligence-proof

May 9 2025 2:54pm
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NRF hands junior lawyers £500 to schmooze clients

Drinks are on Norton Rose Fulbright

May 9 2025 9:29am
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Judge fury after ‘fake’ cases cited by rookie barrister in High Court

"I consider that it would have been negligent for this barrister, if she used AI and did not check it, to put that text into her pleading," says Mr Justice Ritchie

May 8 2025 10:27am
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Book review: Susskind’s ‘How To Think About AI’ 

Polly Botsford delves into Professor Richard Susskind's 'darker' latest book and wonders: 'Where has Reassuring Richard gone?'

May 8 2025 8:57am
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SRA approves ‘AI-driven’ law firm

A ‘landmark moment’ for legal services

May 6 2025 3:18pm
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careers SQE Hub

Thinking about SQE1? Watch this taster workshop on demand

Hilary Chadwick, BPP’s Head of Law and a qualified solicitor, guides you through it

May 2 2025 12:35pm

Law firm bets that too many Cookes won’t spoil the broth as it hires founder’s sons

Ashley and Hayden join dad Darryl at gunnercooke as joint chiefs of staff

May 2 2025 11:05am
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Fieldfisher avoids contempt of court penalty after PR howler

Embargo confusion after draft judgment was sent to press

May 1 2025 4:01pm
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Linklaters ex-L&D boss appointed chief exec of City of London Law Society

Patrick McCann to lead influential professional body

May 1 2025 8:58am
Salaries

The £2,000 per hour solicitor

Top lawyers' hourly rates closing in on £2,000, new report shows

Apr 30 2025 8:53am
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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 🎙️

Apr 29 2025 1:17pm
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DWF announces job cuts with over 100 roles at risk

Around 2% of DWF’s workforce

Apr 28 2025 9:35am
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Kaplan’s use of AI for SQE ‘question development’ comes under scrutiny amid US Bar row

Company informs Legal Cheek that no questions generated by AI are used in SQE assessments

Apr 25 2025 8:46am
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Liverpool, Glasgow, Southampton and Warwick law students celebrated at latest Pro Bono Awards

Projects include a Windrush app, sexual violence legal advice and a law-themed classroom outreach

Apr 25 2025 8:36am

Ukraine calls in Hogan Lovells for US minerals deal

Washington partners drafted in

Apr 16 2025 8:50am