Drinks are on Norton Rose Fulbright Photo by Al Elmes on Unsplash Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has launched a Client Relationship Associate programme which will hand associates a £500 business…
A round-up of online musings, memes and more First thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers View this post on Instagram A post shared by Legal Cheek (@legalcheek) Liam…
“I consider that it would have been negligent for this barrister, if she used AI and did not check it, to put that text into her pleading,” says Mr Justice…
Polly Botsford delves into Professor Richard Susskind’s ‘darker’ latest book and wonders: ‘Where has Reassuring Richard gone?’ Professor Richard Susskind Richard Susskind has always been an optimist, thinking and writing…
Because the partners are certainly keen Lawyers from leading firms have chipped in following a LinkedIn post sharing the rumour that a supermarket client makes partners work a shift on…
PhD candidate and UN judge faces over six years behind bars A former University of Oxford law student and judge has been handed a lengthy prison sentence following conviction for…
What about the lawyers? The Law Society has expressed disappointment at the exclusion of legal services from the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) announced by the government today. The participation…
A ‘landmark moment’ for legal services The first law firm to provide legal services exclusively through artificial intelligence (AI) has been authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Garfield.Law, co-founded…
High profile legal figures to address delegates at Legal Cheek’s annual in-person conference next week From top left to bottom right: Danielle Viall, General Counsel at the Legal Services Board;…
Follows Magic Circle firm’s decision to up newly qualified salaries last September Slaughter and May has opted to hold its salaries for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors at £150,000 as part…
The top legal affairs news stories from the long weekend An ‘AI law firm’ offering £2 legal letters wins ‘landmark’ approval (£) Judge blocks Trump exec order in scathing Perkins…
New US outfit poised to challenge presidential actions Rachel Cohen, the associate whose Skadden resignation went viral on LinkedIn, has announced she will join Lowell and Associates with co-resignees. Cohen…
Ashley and Hayden join dad Darryl at gunnercooke as joint chiefs of staff Ashley Cooke (L), Darryl Cooke and Hayden Cooke (R) Darryl Cooke, founder of corporate firm gunnercooke, has…
A round-up of online musings, memes and more So not just me, then Dragon lawyers This is awesome – law firm called Dragon Lawyers filed court papers with this watermark…
Embargo confusion after draft judgment was sent to press The High Court has ruled that international firm Fieldfisher will not face contempt of court proceedings after a confidential judgment was…