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‘It’s virtually impossible to reach the top of City firms without straight hair’
Is black hair and professionalism an oxymoron? An aspiring lawyer looks at the research Image credit: Pinterest Black British women’s natural hair, often kinky and curly, has historically been...
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It’s possible to get to a MoneyLaw US firm from a regional training contract...
Don’t listen to anyone who tells you it’s impossible When he was hanging around in the park when he should have been at school, little did this young lawyer at a US firm in London know that in just a...
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Law, lager and lemonade: Is the legal sector over the limit?
We need to strike a healthy balance at legal events, says one future City trainee You are at an evening presentation: the panel was great, you’ve learnt a lot and you feel like you have a chance of...
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Is the artificial intelligence emperor wearing any clothes?
An anonymous associate at a leading City of London law firm notes a disconnect between their experience on the ground and the tech marketing noise For at least a year I have been reading in the legal...
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Robots are not coming to take our jobs — but they are changing the way we do...
Lawyers are no longer isolated providers of water-tight legal documents Few things can change a conversation amongst law students like commercial awareness. I know, because I spent two weeks trying to...
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I completed an unpaid internship — they’re not the problem
Unremunerated roles ‘symptomatic of the general crisis at the criminal bar’, says one wannabe barrister In 2015, after submitting one essay, my CV and completing an interview, I was offered my dream...
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‘Oh sh*t! It’s the SRA!’
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor The Sketching Solicitor works for a law firm in the City. Enjoy his new series of cartoons every other Monday on Legal Cheek. The post ‘Oh sh*t!...
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The hungover associate
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor The Sketching Solicitor works for a law firm in the City. Enjoy his series of cartoons every other Monday on Legal Cheek. The post The hungover...
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Under the bus
A Tuesday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor The Sketching Solicitor works for a law firm in the City. Enjoy his series of cartoons every other Monday on Legal Cheek. The post Under the bus...
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‘Don’t stay too late’
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‘Morning… how was your weekend?’
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Extension of police stop and search powers — radical or rhetoric?
It will further damage relations between communities and the police, argues Anonymous Rookie The government, under Boris Johnson’s leadership, has announced plans to expand police stop and search...
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Most lawyers
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Wrong type of lawyer
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Law firms recruiting exclusively from vac schemes — worrying trend or...
The legal profession may become even harder to break into, argues one rookie City solicitor Law is undoubtedly an extremely difficult profession to break into. After school comes years of hard work at...
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A poem: Rime of the ancient barrister
With apologies to the legendary poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge Taking inspiration from English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, one Legal Cheek reader (who prefers not to...
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Exclusive: Bat appreciation group threatens legal action over COVID-19 source...
Online assertions based on evidence that isn’t ‘ultra-sound’, claims group’s chairman A leading group of chiropterologists has threatened unprecedented legal action against anyone who dares suggest...
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An open letter to law firms considering deferring training contracts
They should look to the past before making decisions on trainees’ futures, writes an anonymous trainee solicitor-to-be In light of the current pandemic, and reduced workloads, many law firms are...
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The Nativity in the time of Covid
For the purposes of this discussion, Nazareth and Bethlehem are treated as if they are in Tier 4 Covid regulations In light of the new regulations, who in the story of the Nativity would have found...
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Which unis offer law grads the best chance of securing a job?
New stats reveal the law schools with the highest — and lowest — ‘positive outcomes’ 15 months down the line New data published by the Office for Students reveals the percentage of recent...
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Magic circle vs US MoneyLaw: An associate’s perspective
One City lawyer sets out some of the factors they took into consideration before making the switch I recently made the move from a magic circle law firm to the London office of a US law firm. While...
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