Author: Thomas Connelly
Money talks: Weil Gotshal continues 100% trainee retention after cash boost
Did the recent NQ pay rise to £100k sway their decision?
Law student in five-year legal battle to use penis drawing as official signature
He has faced stiff opposition
DLA Piper associate offers training contract ‘coaching’ and ‘guidance’ at £40 an hour
Edinburgh based lawyer and former White & Case trainee sells application advice online
Hilarious parody video mocks privileged white law graduate
Short comical clip mimics a recent Western Sydney University ad involving Sudanese refugee law graduate
Trowers & Hamlins improves on poor autumn trainee retention performance
Period of unpredictable retention rates continues for national firm as it posts an 88% spring 2016 result
Co-op training contract freeze continues despite expansion
Hype of "100 training contracts a year by 2017" a distant memory
David Bowie used to be a paralegal based near Lincoln’s Inn
British music legend sadly passed away yesterday after 18-month battle with cancer
Labour’s top lawyer quits citing ‘increasingly negative path’ under Jeremy Corbyn
Shadow attorney general Catherine McKinnell has resigned -- Karl Turner replaces her
Magic circle firm Linklaters reveals what staff parties were like over 100 years ago
Historic image shows top City lawyers of the time enjoying a lavish dinner -- and there's not a woman in sight
Junior barrister appears in court over supplying drugs in heart of legal London
Strand Chambers’ Henry Hendron was arrested earlier this year after boyfriend died of drug overdose at his Temple flat
Morning round-up: Friday 8 January
The morning’s top legal affairs news stories
Nabarro improves on disappointing autumn retention result to reveal 89% spring figure
London firm confirms eight out of nine qualifying trainees will stay
The 15 most popular Legal Cheek stories of 2015
A look back on the posts that hauled in the most hits
KPMG legal team reveals it’s offering training contracts amid soaring growth
Big Four giant is tight-lipped on details
Clifford Chance future trainee uproar as firm cancels funding for Professional Skills Course
Policy switch has left students struggling to make ends meet
Huge row breaks out over whether Oxford law student who wants Cecil Rhodes statue removed should have taken Rhodes scholarship cash
Bust-up provides light relief from the BCL
Crime doesn’t pay: Students who opt for bar glamour careers will always earn way less than kids who choose safe corporate route
Thinking of a career at the criminal bar? You could be over £40,000 better off working in Aldi
Someone has created a spoof LinkedIn account for the ‘UK’s top barrister’
It is even less humble than Michael Wolkind QC's actual website
Law student-led Oxford University a cappella group goes viral with classic Xmas cover
Unbelievably high-achieving wannabe solicitor racks up another top extra-curricular achievement for his CV
Court of Appeal refers ‘UK’s top barrister’ to regulator over his incredible website
Michael Wolkind QC's “inappropriate attempts at humour” during murder trial will also be scrutinised by Bar Standards Board
Jailed: Hull Uni law student who claimed indecent images of children were for LLM research
Aspiring lawyer handed 12-month jail term with judge claiming he had “lied his head off”