Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Mishcon boss: Tax hike on LLPs will drive people overseas [The Times] (£) Magic Circle ramps up US expansion: ‘It’s go big or go home’ [Financial News] (£)…
Magic Circle chambers agrees to pay interview travel costs as part of campaign to help under 25s
Campaigner Ellie Hecht urges Bar and smaller firms to follow lead of corporate law Interview travel costs campaigner Ellie Hecht Essex Court Chambers has agreed to pay interview travel costs as part of a campaign to help under 25s, sparking…
Solicitor General: Junior lawyers’ pro bono efforts inspire me
Writing exclusively for Legal Cheek, Solicitor General Ellie Reeves says Pro Bono Week is a reminder of what the legal profession does so well Pro bono work is an essential part of the legal landscape and a cornerstone of our…
Exclusive research reveals training contract numbers remain stable — despite talk of a ‘graduate jobpocalypse’
New Legal Cheek research tracks eight years of data from leading City law firms to see how training contract numbers have fared The number of training contracts (TCs) on offer at the UK’s leading law firms remains higher than pre-Covid…
Minimum wage hike could put students off becoming lawyers, says Law Society boss
Why bother with uni and the SQE when non-graduate jobs pay the same as a solicitor at a small firm? Photo by Emil huang on Unsplash The UK’s imminent minimum wage hike could put students off pursuing a career in…
Ex–Slaughter and May associate struck off for lying about degree result
Said he got a first An junior lawyer, previously at Magic Circle law firm Slaughter and May, has been struck off after lying about his academic results on a pupillage application. Maximillian Alexander Knowles Campbell trained at Linklaters and joined…
What Charlotte Proudman did next
Having helped change gender attitudes in the legal profession, high profile barrister has now launched her own law firm For those not well-versed in mid-2010s legal drama, Charlotte Proudman may be an unfamiliar name. But there was a time when…
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Hillsborough Law will not be ‘watered down'[BBC] OpenAI Bans ChatGPT From Giving Medical, Legal or Financial Advice Over Lawsuit Fears [International Business Times] UK small business owner to…
Kirkland & Ellis lawyers accused of ‘uncooperative’ negotiating style
US giant apparently gave lawyers communication training as a result of feedback Lawyers at US titan Kirkland & Ellis have reportedly come under fire for their “uncooperative behaviour” on private equity deals. Limited partners (LPs) — the investors who provide…
Durham Uni pays tribute to law student killed after being hit by car
Aspiring lawyer Abigail Eggleston was ‘on track to conquer the world’ Abigail Eggleston Durham University has paid tribute to a “talented, kind and committed” law student who was killed after being hit by a car in the city last weekend….