Author: Alex Aldridge

Survey: Which version of Brexit do you support?
Have your say in Legal Cheek’s survey

Exclusive: Lord Hain is paid adviser to law firm that represented The Telegraph in Sir Philip Green injunction case
Peer with power to override courts works for Gordon Dadds LLP

Baker McKenzie chief goes on leave due to exhaustion
Firm’s global chair Paul Rawlinson follows doctor’s advice to take a break

Revealed: The best law firms for training 2018-19
The results from the new Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey are in

Manchester Uni’s law, business and computer science departments join forces with Freshfields and DWF for new lawtech research and teaching project
Now the scientists are getting involved

How Lehman Brothers’ collapse paved the way for MoneyLaw and the minimum wage
2008 financial crisis shaped the legal profession as we know it
SRA bankrupts ‘Lord Harley’ lawyer Alan Blacker
He faced a legal bill of over £100k after being struck off

Clifford Chance launches lawtech training contract that leads to qualification as a solicitor
New scheme will run alongside firm’s conventional training contract

The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Magic circle money mayhem! Average partner earnings at Allen & Overy and Freshfields edge towards £2 million
Eye-watering sums put MoneyLaw junior lawyer pay war in the shade

The Secret Barrister unmasked in London burger joint
They are a 30-something Comprehensive school-educated non-Oxbridge grad, it emerges during daring interview

Magic circle duo join the MoneyLaw madness
Allen & Overy and Linklaters latest to pay US newly qualified lawyers eye-watering figure that works out just shy of £150k

The first set of corporate law firm financial results are looking strong
Good times return to the City

Law balloons are now a thing thanks to Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams
Her legacy will live on after show exit

The Hearing Podcast: Legal futurist Joe Raczynski on AI, blockchain and smart contracts
How close is tech to revolutionising the law?

Manchester Uni joins forces with Freshfields to launch undergrad lawtech module
Exclusive: Students will use Neota Logic’s AI-powered platform to build access to justice apps

Profession gears up for sold-out Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Academics, regulators and law firm trainee recruitment & development teams prepare for day-long Wednesday event at Kings Place London

Herbert Smith Freehills opens new Canary Wharf office
Firm joins Clifford Chance in ‘Manhattan on the Thames’
Allen & Overy in merger talks with US giant O’Melveny & Myers to create transatlantic magic circle megafirm
Deal would be a legal market game-changer -- if it happens