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Secret Barrister gives Taylor Swift the law treatment
🎵I think he did it but I just can’t prove it🎵
Linklaters becomes latest Magic Circle firm to post record revenues
Hits £1.9 billion -- but profits and PEP dip
Slaughter and May wants more working-class lawyers
Elite Magic Circle outfit sets series of new social mobility targets
Osborne Clarke ties bonuses to office attendance
60/40 split
DWF’s £342 million takeover edges closer
Listed giant receives all-cash offer from private equity firm
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend
Law firm defends LPC-requirement for receptionist role
Sign of the times?
Eversheds Sutherland strikes ‘cooperation agreement’ with Asia’s KWM
Send legal work to each other
A bride apparently wants to namecheck top law school in her wedding vows
'Til death (or BigLaw) do us part...
CMS and Simmons raise NQ lawyer salaries
£105k and £107.5k
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Law-studying Lioness set to miss graduation for a second time
Bethany England swaps mortarboard for boots -- again
Don’t use dating apps to cheat on your partners, lawyers warned
Anonymous blogger tells solicitors to be mindful of online behaviour
Clifford Chance breaks £2 billion revenue threshold with eighth consecutive year of growth
Average partner profits remain flat at £2 million amid significant 'economic headwinds'
Trainee solicitor competes in Miss Universe GB comp
Challenges included walking over broken glass
Solicitor aims to become first ‘AI-powered MP’
Andrew Gray hopes tech-focused approach will lead to election success
How to survive the law conversion course as a career changer
PGDL graduate and future pupil barrister Charlotte Tosti shares ten pointers with readers
Travers and Ashurst raise NQ lawyer salaries
£110,000 and £115,000 -- plus rises for some trainees too
First hijab-wearing criminal KC launches ‘Girls Human Rights Hub’
Sultana Tafadar hopes to empower and educate young women through new international organisation
Will AI replace lawyers?
Technology associate Phillippa Stubbs considers whether the rapid evolution of large language models means the end of legal careers
Cycling City lawyer quits US firm for 14,000km ride from Canada to Argentina
From grizzly bears to wildfires, former Akin associate Nick Avis tells Legal Cheek what it's like to leave your high-paying job to embark on the adventure of a lifetime