Author: Legal Cheek
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Shearman & Sterling lawyers to give the lowdown on US firms in London
Final batch of places now available for Legal Cheek student event on Wednesday evening
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
London law firm senior partner fined for failing to ID driver of speeding company car
£900 and six penalty points
Linklaters’ top brass see earnings jump by 17% as profit pot hits £25 million
Published accounts reveal eyewatering earnings
Awkward typo spotted in ‘Thiry-Third Edition’ of contract law bible
Yours for just £565
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Legal Cheek global economy of the 2020s student events in Edinburgh and London this week
We’re in the Scottish capital at Addleshaw Goddard on Wednesday evening and in the City of London with Osborne Clarke on Thursday
‘I’m a month into my law degree and struggling with homesickness’
I would appreciate any advice from those who have been in this position before
Super-exam pass rates could be higher than LPC, says boss of new SQE mega provider
Comments come after Linklaters training chief revealed fear that more magic circle rookies could fail SQE
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Kim Kardashian recreates Elle Woods’ iconic Harvard Law School admission video essay
World’s most famous law student wins Halloween with Legally Blonde tribute
Fifth of law firms fail on money laundering rules, says SRA
Regulator to ramp up compliance checks in wake of review
Hull University law student who tragically killed himself awarded posthumous first-class LLB
Phil Taylor found dead at his home earlier this year, inquest hears
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Legal Cheek student events in Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh and London
Featuring Addleshaw Goddard, BCLP, Burges Salmon, CMS, Gowling WLG, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hill Dickinson, Irwin Mitchell, Linklaters, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, Ropes & Gray, Squire Patton Boggs and more
‘Is a training contract at a global law firm’s Middle East office a viable route to the London construction bar’
A wannabe barrister requires readers' help
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
BBC to showcase solicitor apprenticeships programme at LegalEdCon North
BBC legal apprenticeships manager Maria Kell and solicitor apprentice Georgie Yates will be joined by ULaw's Ceri Evans at 30 January event at Media City, Manchester