Author: Aishah Hussain
Don’t try to imitate Rachel Zane from Suits, just be your authentic self
Barristers from Cornerstone, Hardwicke, Radcliffe and Serjeants’ Inn join an LPC Law advocate and ULaw’s national BPTC director to discuss how to make it as a barrister
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
The Hearing Podcast: My life as a transgender barrister
Employment and discrimination specialist Robin White shares her story
Research: Bullying rife at criminal bar; less common among commercial barristers
Reported observations of harassment soar across newly-woke bar
‘18-hour days and sleepless nights’: Love Island solicitor Rosie reveals why she quit law in tense interview with Piers Morgan
She wanted to do crime and family but ended up at a commercial outfit
AI may be the solution, but it’s lawyers that know the questions to ask
Leading lawyers and technologists come together to discuss all things tech
Bristows unveils 100% retention score
All ten trainees to be kept on
Southampton law student’s appeal against manslaughter conviction dismissed
He was jailed for six years for killing father-of-ten Gary Stacey
Lady Hale to star in new children’s book
Crowdfunding appeal seeks £25,000 for publication
Norton Rose Fulbright ups LPC grant by 43% to £10,000
Exclusive: Matching money moves made by the magic circle, Kirkland & Ellis, HSF and Hogan Lovells
Ince & Co redundancies will have ‘no impact’ on NQ positions — but effect on future trainee numbers unclear
Firm currently undertaking 'detailed review' of staffing levels
Legal Cheek launches new iPhone app with graduate recruitment deadline alerts
Free and easy-to-use future lawyer essential
Four City lawyer tips for training contract application success
Solicitors from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, CMS, Gowling WLG, Pinsent Masons and ULaw explore the themes that lawyers of the future should be thinking about
Durham University law student to be deported after scholarship falls through
Would-be solicitor’s student visa set to be revoked
Dundee ranks HIGHER than LSE, UCL and Durham in law degree league table
Cambridge bagged top spot -- again
Queen’s University Belfast vlogger beats 1,500 students to win trip to HSF’s Australia offices
Watch Morven Ross’ video and the seven other finalists below
How one global law firm is preparing for the end of the GDL and LPC
Ahead of the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference on 23 May, Hogan Lovells training principal Crispin Rapinet talks about his firm’s plans for the new solicitor super-exam
Having a City training contract doesn’t mean you can’t dip into human rights law
Ahead of Reed Smith’s training contract application deadline, we speak to one of the firm’s current trainees, Dominic Bullen, as he reflects on his experience working for non-profits Liberty and Reprieve on secondment
Domestic violence clinic and refugee reunion project among winners at annual student pro bono awards
Attorney General dished out the gongs