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…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend My AI firm will liberate lawyers, not take their jobs [The Times] (£) Solicitors Regulation Authority criticised over PM Law collapse [BBC News] England’s housing courts at breaking…
Starting the conversion course this September? The Legal Cheek Podcast team have you covered For non-law graduates embarking on their legal studies for the first time, the PGDL conversion course can be a somewhat daunting prospect with many wondering what…
Follows series of high-profile blunders AI hallucinations are now the biggest concern for lawyers using the technology, despite adoption across the profession surging to near-universal levels. A new LexisNexis report, Scaling up: The AI-dependent lawyer, found that 83% of UK…
Swish Photo courtesy of Søren Kristensen, SOLK Photography Ltd Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has given us a sneak peek inside its new City offices, with the global firm’s headquarters featuring “rooftop club space” and a host of green technologies….
67% Baker McKenzie has posted a 67% autumn trainee retention score, keeping on eight of its 12 qualifying trainees. All eight rookies will join the global giant on permanent contracts, with none retained on fixed-term deals. The new qualifiers will…
Rotations rise from four to six as firm launches new ‘AI Knowledge Lab’ Sidley Austin is giving its London training contract a techy makeover, introducing a compulsory AI seat as it expands its rotation system from four seats to six….
Sent explicit messages Mohammed Ahmed A trainee solicitor has been jailed after sending unwanted explicit messages and an image to a woman he was representing. Mohammed Ahmed was working as a trainee family solicitor and had represented the woman in…
Much-needed cash boost The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has put £1.5 million into funding up to 100 new pupillages in legally aided criminal law. The MoJ has partnered with the Council of the Inns of Court (COIC), who has its…
Up from 80% The latest Solicitors Qualifying Examination 2 (SQE2) results are in, with the overall pass rate climbing to 83% in the April 2026 sitting. That marks another increase from the 80% recorded in the January sitting, which was…