Author: Aishah Hussain

It’s possible to combine your passions with a career in law
Three A&O Peerpoint lawyers explain how

Revealed: The best law firms for tech 2020
'We use bitcoin technology to purchase coffees'

£60 million lawtech start-up closes ‘after failing to figure out how to deliver better efficiency than a traditional law firm’
Legal software specialist Atrium lays off all 100 employees

Linklaters introduces tech modules for trainees
Magic circler drafts in law and computer science whizzes from Swansea University

CMS launches app to track lawyers’ carbon footprints
Global firm will plant a tree for every user ??

How a life changing accident as a junior lawyer gave me the drive to succeed
Ed Fletcher, CEO at Fletchers, discusses how he took the firm from fledgling high street practice to featuring in the UK top 100, and the tragic motorcycle crash that spurred him on

SRA dismisses call to disclose LPC provider pass rates
Junior Lawyers Division's plea comes after stats show law school success scores vary from 100% to 29%

Four high flying City lawyers at US firms share their career stories
What we learnt from an hour listening to partners from Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, as well as associates from Shearman & Sterling and Cleary Gottlieb

US lawyer made to write out lines by judge for ‘reprehensible’ behaviour during trial
'I shall not engage in conduct intended to disrupt a tribunal'

Wannabe Keir Starmers can live in his old student house in Leeds with two other law students
Recreate likely Labour leader-to-be’s university life

LPC pass rates nosedive as report reveals one law school where just 29% of students made the grade
While achievement gap between white and ethnic minority students remains large

Revealed: The best chambers for training and quality of work 2020
The results from the latest Legal Cheek Junior Barrister Survey are in

Law Society fire: I was one of the diners told to evacuate
Around 150 firefighters battled blaze over weekend at historic building on Chancery Lane

The importance of research skills in the brave new world of legal tech
Christopher O'Connor, head of segment and product marketing at LexisNexis, shares his thoughts

Give all law students unconscious bias training, top judge suggests
As part of a range of measures put forward by senior French and British figures to improve progression of women in law

From trainee to City law firm partner in ten years
Travers Smith’s Stephanie Lee reflects on her path to partnership and the high-stakes litigation that she’s worked on along the way

The law firms with the swankiest offices in the UK
Cue major office envy

The Green Economy will be the defining theme of the 2020s
Three Shoosmiths partners look at what’s happening now and in the future