Author: Aishah Hussain

Macfarlanes boosts LPC grant to £10,000 as it confirms 100% spring retention score
All six associates kept on

Struggling to understand how the SQE will affect you? This handy new calculator is here to help
Online tool determines students' best route to solicitor qualification

Lawyers among worst for phone etiquette
Irritating habits include eating and drinking or interrupting those speaking, research finds

Head of Nottingham Law School teaching law firm to join other top non-Russell Group academics at expanded Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
New session on clinical legal education to also feature universities Swansea and Northumbria, and leading apprenticeships provider

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

Why Generation Z will revolutionise the law firm of the future
Lawyers and innovation experts give students a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities that await

Meet the mysterious ‘life hack’ law student who has racked up 13 million views on YouTube
Vlogger chooses not to disclose identity online over fears of jeopardising future legal career

Cambridge University triumphs in Vis Pre-Moot London tournament
Rookie arbitrators beat fellow uni teams from Denmark, Switzerland and Poland

Dechert lawyers embrace denim with new relaxed dress code
Dress-down everyday

Freshfields rounds off magic circle spring retention season with 78% score
32 out of 41 qualifying trainees stay put

Profession gears up for next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2019
Extravaganza takes place at the City of London’s iconic Cheesegrater

A selection of Legal Cheek’s top 15 Instagram posts
30,000 followers and counting...

Aspiring solicitors should seek the skills robots can’t replace
A sneak peek of some of the hints and tips BPP innovation chief Adam Curphey will share at Wednesday’s ‘Commercial, digital and data awareness’ event

Influential entrepreneurs to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
All-female line-up released on International Women’s Day

Want to be the next Amal Clooney? Here are 5 things all aspiring human rights lawyers need to know
A panel of experts share tips from the top

Mystery law student bids over £6,000 to have lunch with Amal Clooney
They can bring six friends, according to reports

Durham University recruits Chinese law specialists in bid to make wannabe lawyers more ‘internationalised’
As it looks to add further modules

KCL joins forces with PwC in new pro bono legal advice clinic
Free weekly sessions help members of the public and small businesses

This is how lawyers of the future should be thinking about tech
Embrace the change but don’t get distracted by it, say a panel of top City lawyers