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Ex-magic circle lawyer lifts lid on City law’s psychological impact in candid debut novel

Book may seem extreme but covers very real problems in the profession, author tells Legal Cheek’s Katie King

Oct 10 2017 9:08am

Event: How technology and innovation will change the role of lawyers — with Osborne Clarke

Fintech and lawtech experts take questions from students as the fourth Industrial Revolution gathers pace

Oct 9 2017 2:51pm

Mayer Brown and Dechert boost NQ pay to £75k and £95k

Exclusive: London legal salaries keep rising

Oct 6 2017 9:07am

Studying at Cambridge and plenty of work experience — but are my A-levels holding me back?

I have been unsuccessful in every round for open days, vacation schemes and training contracts applications

Oct 4 2017 1:48pm

Released: The 2018 Firms, Chambers and Law Schools Most Lists

How did your favourite legal institutions do?

Oct 4 2017 11:51am

How students who embrace technology will become tomorrow’s infrastructure law stars

From connected and autonomous vehicles to internet-synced highway and maintenance gizmos, the world is changing -- and needs lawyers who understand it

Oct 4 2017 10:03am

Allen & Overy NQ pay hits £81,000 as trainees handed £2,000 increases

Exclusive: Yet more magic circle salary boosts

Oct 2 2017 11:01am

Clifford Chance boosts NQ pay to £87,300

Exclusive: As trainees top magic circle pay table

Sep 29 2017 10:09am

Freshfields forced to send lawyers home early after huge power surge took IT system offline

Exclusive: A workman put a pneumatic drill through a cable

Sep 28 2017 9:58am

Baker McKenzie keeps 15 out of 16 NQs, including two ex-KWM trainees

The one rookie who left the firm has joined a finance company

Sep 27 2017 3:05pm

How commercially relevant pro bono can take junior lawyers out of their comfort zone

Legal Cheek Careers meets Hogan Lovells’ legendary pro bono chief Yasmin Waljee

Sep 27 2017 1:45pm

Legal Cheek signs with Reviewed & Cleared

Your favourite website joins forces with top media law firm whose clients include The Tab, Dazed and NME

Sep 26 2017 12:36pm

Mishcon de Reya boosts NQ salaries by 6% to £67,000

Exclusive: As Bristows bumps junior lawyer pay by 5%

Sep 26 2017 10:25am

Event: Infrastructure, the next growth area for lawyers — with Burges Salmon

Commercial Awareness Question Time is coming to Bristol

Sep 25 2017 2:07pm

Jones Day junior lawyer runs marathon in a three-piece suit

Tells Legal Cheek he woke up at 5am every day to fit in morning run

Sep 22 2017 1:30pm

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes latest firm to unveil retention rate in the 60s

Firm keeps 16 of its 26 NQs, with two more on fixed term contracts

Sep 21 2017 12:18pm

The big 5-0: Two Bristol firms reach unprecedented NQ pay milestone

Osborne Clarke and Simmons & Simmons lead West Country pay war, but will other outfits follow suit?

Sep 21 2017 11:03am

Solicitor who ‘cracked under the strain’ of work and tried to kill his wife has NOT been banned from profession

‘Realistic prospect’ attempted murderer could ‘return to practice eventually’

Sep 20 2017 11:48am