Author: Legal Cheek
Bircham Dyson Bell and Pitmans to vote on £50 million tie-up
Firms reveal 'exploratory merger discussions'
Open University law student fails in bid to sue six classmates over ‘defamatory’ forum comments
Samantha Exley handed £8,000 costs bill
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner posts 79% autumn retention score
Recently-merged global player retains 15 of its 19 rookies
Squire Patton Boggs leisurewear is an actual thing
You can also purchase footballs, tote bags and 100 meters of the international outfit's personalised satin ribbon
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Top QC ditches curvy blond
One Crown Office Row's Marina Wheeler QC and Boris Johnson confirm divorce
The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Three-quarters of new deputy High Court judges attended Oxbridge
And over 70% are men
I was rejected for a training contract by my ‘dream’ US firm — should I reapply?
I reached the final interview stage
Sidley Austin tops market by hiking LPC maintenance grant to £11,000
An uplift of nearly 60%
Huddersfield law student aspires to be first Miss England to wear hijab
She follows a long line of legally-minded beauty queens
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Herbert Smith Freehills and Charles Russell Speechlys post autumn trainee retention scores
Results of 82% and 88%
The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
You can take a tour of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal from the comfort of your own home
There are a lot of chairs
Once-aspiring City lawyer who rejected Slaughter and May training contract stars in new Hollywood blockbuster
Gemma Chan appears in Crazy Rich Asians
Bank holiday round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend
Will the SQE damage my chances of securing a training contract as a non-law grad?
I want to study politics -- but is it more worthwhile applying for an LLB?
The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend