In an eye-catching FT interview, Paul Weiss’ Neel Sachdev talks holiday homes, flash cars and tennis with Ainsley Harriott One of the biggest names in City law has offered a fascinating glimpse into his life away from the office, complete…
Future pupil barrister Saul Agar-Ward offers his top pointers to ensure you’re fully ready for application season With summer now drawn to a close, aspiring barristers should already be turning their minds to the next pupillage application cycle. The Bar…
A taxing surprise In the latest submission to our Career Conundrums series, a future trainee wants to know whether having tax deducted from their SQE maintenance grant is the norm. “Hi Legal Cheek. I have a TC lined up at…
Current legal framework ill-equipped to tackle risks MPs have called for a new law to protect human rights from the growing risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), warning that the UK’s existing legal framework is ill-equipped to keep pace with…
What’s actually behind the 2% drop in training contracts, and why is the decline far less dramatic than headlines may suggest? Training contract numbers across 100 Legal Cheek Most List firms have fallen by 2%, a smaller decline than many…
360 340 The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is cutting the number of questions in SQE1 from 360 to 340 following feedback from candidates that the assessment can feel rushed and pressurised. From the January 2027 sitting, each Functioning Legal Knowledge…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights [BBC News] Ex-Goodwin lawyer pleads not guilty to insider trading in London [Financial Times]…
US giant ramps up in-house tech to build bespoke AI models Latham & Watkins has splashed out on its own Nvidia-powered servers as the US giant looks to build and customise AI models in-house, in a move thought to be…
Liverpool Hope, Leeds Trinity, Portsmouth and Worcester The College of Legal Practice (CoLP) has struck deals with four UK unis to deliver Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) preparation as part of their new masters programmes. The virtual law school has teamed…
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…