Exclusive: 10 spots The London office of US giant Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has launched a UK training programme aimed at aspiring lawyers who want to specialise in private equity. Legal Cheek can reveal that the firm is looking to…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Legal AI start-up Legora to double headcount [Financial Times] (£) Jurors, lawyers and social workers face ‘resilience test’ in inaccessible courts [BBC News] ‘Charming’ lawyer found dead at…
Top judge ‘cautiously positive’ Litigants who represent themselves are producing clearer, easier-to-follow submissions when they use AI tools to help draft them, according to the Lady Chief Justice. Giving evidence at the House of Lords Constitution Committee’s annual session this…
Strange or missing a trick In the latest instalment of our popular career conundrum series, an aspiring lawyer questions the way training contract seekers use the phrase ‘dream firm’. “Dear Legal Cheek. I’m unsure whether this quite constitutes a career…
LLM v LLM A US judge has cancelled a trial and sanctioned lawyers on both sides after finding that their filings cited cases AI had invented. The order, handed down by judge Sharion Aycock in the Northern District of Mississippi,…
Snipping tool A senior paralegal at DWF has been rebuked after pasting a witness’s signed statement of truth onto a different, inaccurately transcribed statement without her permission. Korie Rose, a senior paralegal in the firm’s motor team, was handling a…
Extra £10k Katten has become the latest US law firm to raise junior lawyer salaries in the City, as American pay increases continue to ripple through the UK legal market. The Chicago-founded firm has bumped newly qualified (NQ) rates from…
Backlog busting tech? The government has unveiled plans to introduce AI legal assistants in the Crown Court, as part of a wider push to cut the backlog of cases piling up in the criminal justice system. The tools, being developed…
Pro no-no A food distributor has caught the attention of lawyers online after advertising an unpaid in-house role requiring expertise across corporate, criminal, and civil law, with the ideal candidate expected to possess the “gravitas of a senior partner and…
Internet fight US-based lawyers have been sharing what they really think of their London counterparts online, with responses ranging from the pointed to the outright cheeky. And the City lot have wasted no time hitting back. One of the top…