Linklaters is the biggest faller, shedding 40 TCs after ramping up its solicitor apprenticeship programme, but US firms are supporting the market as they continue to hire more trainees in London Trainee solicitor numbers have remained broadly stable across more…
Three years Samreen Akhtar A barrister who planned with a career criminal client to have a would-be assassin seriously injured has been jailed for three years and three months. Samreen Akhtar was sentenced this week at Manchester Crown Court after…
The Legal Cheek 2027 Firms Most List is here Legal Cheek’s definitive student guide to life as a solicitor at the UK’s leading corporate law firms is back with its brand new 2027 edition. Explore it here! Trying to work…
Takes top role January 2027 Lord Briggs has been appointed as the next president of the Supreme Court, succeeding Lord Reed when he retires in January 2027. The King approved the appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister and…
Left in bag after recent camping trip A magistrate has been issued with formal advice after inadvertently bringing a knife into a court building as he arrived for training. Agboola Obanubi, a magistrate on the South Essex Bench, was passing…
82% Clifford Chance has recorded an 82% autumn trainee retention score, keeping on 37 of its 45 qualifying trainees. All 45 trainees in the cohort applied for newly qualified roles at the Magic Circle firm, with 37 receiving offers and…
Struck off A registered foreign lawyer who used AI-generated false and misleading case citations while defending himself against disciplinary charges has been struck off. Abhishek Kumar turned to generative AI to help draft his response to proceedings brought by the…
Broadsheet bashing Liberty Miles A former Magic Circle lawyer who has built a sizeable social media following through workday vlogs has hit out at a Financial Times article scrutinising the “office influencer” trend, describing the piece as “dripping in misogyny”….
Exclusive: Accelerated vac scheme Clifford Chance has launched a new “challenge” that will see students who impress fast-tracked to a training contract assessment day. The Magic Circle firm today unveiled a new programme, dubbed ‘The Challenge‘, which it describes as…
86% and 83% Mishcon de Reya and Macfarlanes have posted autumn trainee retention scores of 86% and 83%, respectively. First up, Mishcon de Reya, which is keeping on 19 of its 22 trainees. Seventeen of the group will qualify as…