Tips to get ahead in an ultra-competitive process Landing a training contract is no easy feat — once you’ve cleared the initial application, the real challenge begins, with a marathon of assessments standing between you and that coveted training contract…
Alexander Kardos-Nyheim on juggling a training contract with launching a business, and what the future holds for lawyers in an AI-driven world Alexander Kardos-Nyheim Alexander Kardos-Nyheim made headlines when he sold his legal tech startup, Safe Sign Technologies, to Thomson…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Law firm DLA Piper opts to restructure, ditching Swiss verein [Reuters] ‘It lit a fire in me’ – the barrister who was told she’d never amount to much…
Multi-year deal Magic Circle law firm Freshfields has teamed up with AI giant Anthropic to develop specialist legal tools. Anthropic, the company behind the Claude family of AI models, will work with Freshfields to build tools to support the firm’s…
National finals next month A junior lawyer at Gateley is gearing up for the final of national pageant Miss Grand UK 2026 next month. Chloe Lake, a residential development lawyer based in the firm’s Reading office, will take to the…
Tie-up will create super-set of 150+ members 42BR Barristers is set to join forces with 4 Brick Court this summer, in a move that will create one of the largest single-site chambers in the UK. The tie-up will see 34…
Law converter looks for advice In our latest Career Conundrums submission, a non-law finalist is seeking guidance on whether taking a gap year before starting the PGDL could harm their chances of securing a training contract. “Hello! I’m a non-law…
Alexander Kardos-Nyheim to address delegates on 14 May A former Magic Circle trainee who built and sold an AI business during his training contract is set to headline LegalEdCon 2026, Legal Cheek’s annual legal education and training conference, taking place…
Elite firm left red-faced One of the US’s most prestigious law firms has apologised to a New York judge after AI-hallucinated citations were found in a court filing it had submitted. In a letter to Judge Martin Glenn, Andrew Dietderich,…
Impact critical thinking New research has warned that AI taking on “volume work” could leave the next generation of lawyers without the skills they need to deliver high-quality legal advice. The report draws on interviews with 16 senior leaders from…