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Freshfields rounds off magic circle spring retention season with 78% score

32 out of 41 qualifying trainees stay put

Mar 13 2019 8:54am

Profession gears up for next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2019

Extravaganza takes place at the City of London’s iconic Cheesegrater

Mar 12 2019 12:26pm

A selection of Legal Cheek’s top 15 Instagram posts

30,000 followers and counting...

Mar 12 2019 9:44am

Peter Crisp to head up ULaw’s Hong Kong campus

Legal education heavyweight lands new gig

Mar 12 2019 8:50am

LinkedIn row: Former magic circle lawyer slams barrister’s TV entertainment show

Sham Uddin's videos show he has 'no regard or respect' for his own legal career, says ex-Allen & Overy solicitor Melanie Daniels

Mar 11 2019 2:14pm

The Secret Barrister once used the words ‘squirrel sex’ to justify a poor exam result during a pupillage interview

Anonymous super-blogger drops biggest hint to true identity so far

Mar 11 2019 10:28am

I hated studying law at uni, Court of Appeal judge reveals in rare judicial podcast

Lady Justice Davies also admits to suffering from 'imposter syndrome' in convo with fellow female judge

Mar 11 2019 8:42am

Monday morning round-up

The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

Mar 11 2019 7:54am

Women barristers overlooked in favour of men, Supreme Court president says

International Women's Day: Female advocates complain to Lady Hale that males still scoop the big cases

Mar 8 2019 11:03am

Influential entrepreneurs to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

All-female line-up released on International Women’s Day

Mar 8 2019 9:46am

Linklaters keeps 41 out of 51 qualifying trainee solicitors

City's top TC provider posts spring score of 80%

Mar 8 2019 8:57am
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Best of the blogs

Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts

Mar 8 2019 8:54am

SRA loses another policy chief as solicitor super-exam looms

Richard Collins heads for the exit not long after predecessor

Mar 7 2019 1:43pm

The best law firms for peer support — 2019 edition

Winner to be announced at the Legal Cheek Awards on 21 March, alongside a host of other categories

Mar 7 2019 11:25am

International human rights lawyer faces jail after spitting at flight attendant during drunken racist rant

Simone Burns flew into a rage after being refused booze, court hears

Mar 7 2019 9:54am

Freshfields’ pro bono team helps secure victory in Supreme Court asylum torture case

Sri Lankan appellant wins case against Home Office

Mar 7 2019 8:49am

UCL law professor: Lawyers who draft dodgy non-disclosure clauses could be perverting the course of justice

Government announces measures to prevent victims being silenced by using NDAs

Mar 6 2019 2:44pm
SQE super-exam students solicitors

Junior lawyers question legal watchdog’s ‘refusal criteria’ following SQE approval

Super-exam was given go-ahead by LSB despite calls to delay

Mar 6 2019 11:28am