Author: Legal Cheek
It’s a haunted house but it’s just … (law student edition)
SQE, TC rejections and more 😱
Solicitor fined for sending ‘threatening’ letters to nearly 250 schools about Covid measures
Not 'friendly warnings', tribunal finds
Research: Poor lawyer wellbeing costing big law firms £65 million a year
Staff working with mental health struggles
Autumn budget: Further cuts to justice ‘untenable’, Law Society warns
The Chancery Lane body says MoJ needs essential funding to address courts backlog
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
‘The low SQE pass rate has me stressing’
One aspiring lawyer is eager to know what the most challenging part is and why
Lawyers serving clients’ interests has its limits, says top UCL boffin, amid Harvey Weinstein and Post Office scandals
Legal professionals owe a duty to society too
The best social media posts of the week
A round-up of online musings, memes and more
SRA report: Over half of lawyers hold positive views on SRA
Quarter have negative opinion
Travers launches ‘AI Academy’
New training initiative follows similar move by Linklaters
Judge given formal advice over 17-month judgment delay
Cited additional judicial responsibilities as a contributing factor to the delay
SRA still unable to confirm timeline for revealing SQE provider pass rates
Crucial comparison data was due by the end of 2023
Top UK law firms hike hourly rates by 40% in five years
Inflation busting
Law firms lead the way in latest social mobility index
Charity behind powerlist urges government to mandate class background reporting for big firms
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Who is claiming the biggest slice of the SQE prep market pie?
As a major law firm overhauls its SQE partnership, Legal Cheek assesses the battle for law school dominance
The best social media posts of the week
A round-up of online musings, memes and more
Former London US law firm lawyer guilty of stalking neighbours
Convicted alongside mother
