Category: News
Pupillage places jump by 7%
New stats show 510 pupils started their training last year
Hogan Lovells posts 78% spring retention figure
Global outfit keeps 25 out of 32 NQs
Exclusive: BPP Liverpool is closing
Students to be compensated as law school shuts doors in June
Clifford Chance reveals 44% gender pay gap – but figure includes mega-earning partners
First firm to calculate its salary statistic in this way
Allen & Overy partner to give evidence before MPs on abuse of non-disclosure agreements in sex harassment cases
Magic circle titan hit headlines over historic role in Harvey Weinstein scandal
Judge asked mini-pupil what her ‘favourite sex position’ was
Shocking claims of sexual harassment surface in magazine article
There’s now a ‘Secret Solicitor’ on the Twitter scene
The Secret Barrister moniker inspires law firm counterpart, but tells Legal Cheek he doubts he'll be as successful
Allen & Overy launches ‘lawtech training contract’
STEM students preferred
Carry on dining: Inns of Court qualifying sessions here to stay, says bar regulator
But more should be held outside London
Junior solicitor ditches law to become a clown
But confesses comical career change isn’t ‘financially stable’
Aspiring barrister, 16, who won a coffee with Lady Hale shares dream of being the next Lord Pannick
He also had lunch with Lord Hodge as part of his student essay competition victory
Solicitor who describes himself as ‘probably the best drink drive lawyer’ in the country slammed for trying to reach out to Ant McPartlin on LinkedIn
Altaf Hussain called a 'scumbag' and 'unprofessional', but defends post
Freshfields’ gender pay gap smallest of the magic circle so far
Four out of five have now released their stats
York law student shares commercial awareness wisdom in daily quick-fire YouTube videos
Tells Legal Cheek short clips help busy students digest news without trawling pages of the FT
Lady Hale ‘confident’ Supreme Court will go to Wales next year, but ‘logistical issues’ make trip up North less likely
Top judge also shares her difficulty making sense of EU court judgments
Baker McKenzie and Simmons & Simmons reveal 80% plus retention scores
Spring season gathers pace
Latham & Watkins managing partner RESIGNS after admitting ‘exchange of communications of a sexual nature’
Legal profession rocked by new misconduct scandal
Number of ‘super law schools’ taking over 500 law students a year more than doubles
Exclusive: Huge increase in law student numbers, though some unis experience major falls
Ex-Clifford Chance trainee who failed in bid to sue Oxford University over ‘inadequate’ teaching faces £75,000 legal bill
Permission to appeal original decision also refused
Exeter law students embroiled in racism scandal suspended over vile WhatsApp messages
University and police investigating -- as one student has training contract offer revoked