Barrister-to-be seeks advice In our latest Career Conundrum, a pupil barrister asks readers to share their best tips for making their training period run as smoothly as possible. “Hi Legal Cheek. The email subject sort of it explains it. I…
Second year in a row Milbank lawyers are set for a late-summer cash boost, with the US giant confirming it will pay out bonuses to associates and special counsel worldwide — including those based in its London office — for…
One conflated LPC and SQE routes Around one in three law school websites contain “factually inaccurate” or “confusing” information about courses and routes to qualification as a solicitor, new research has found. A content analysis of 93 LLB webpages revealed…
The Legal Cheek team discuss NQ salaries, retention rates, financial results and a petition to reform the SQE — listen now The Legal Cheek Podcast returns this week as publisher Alex Aldridge and writer Lydia Fontes discuss this week’s biggest…
Fined £50k in 2023 A senior solicitor who was fined £50,000 for attempting to restrict a tax lawyer from publishing a legal email on behalf of former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi is appealing the ruling in the High Court. Ashley Hurst,…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend CEO of law firm behind £36bn BHP suit abruptly replaced [Financial Times] (£) Courts service ‘covered up’ IT bug that caused evidence to go missing [BBC News] Revealed:…
Support paralegals to qualify as solicitors The College of Legal Practice has teamed up with Pinsent Masons’ flexible lawyering arm to support its paralegals on the path to solicitor qualification. The online law school will deliver SQE prep to paralegals…
Wasn’t aware session had started A magistrate has received formal advice for misconduct after he interrupted a court session to complain about the parking situation. Mr Alfred Bean JP, of the Cheshire Bench, was sanctioned following complaints from court staff,…
Former Home Sec slammed students calling for exam overhaul The trainee solicitor behind a petition calling for an overhaul of the “disproportionately challenging” Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) has hit back at lawyer-turned-politician Suella Braverman KC, after she claimed in a…
No legal status… for now A new Law Commission discussion paper has floated the once sci-fi idea of giving artificial intelligence (AI) systems their own legal personality — meaning they could, in theory, be sued, held liable for harm or…