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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 🇬🇧 ➡️ 🇺🇸

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

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

An open letter to law firms considering deferring training contracts
They should look to the past before making decisions on trainees' futures

Exclusive: Bat appreciation group threatens legal action over COVID-19 source claims
Online assertions based on evidence that isn't 'ultra-sound', claims group's chairman

A poem: Rime of the ancient barrister
With apologies to the legendary poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Law firms recruiting exclusively from vac schemes — worrying trend or sensible step?
The legal profession may become even harder to break into, argues one rookie City solicitor

Wrong type of lawyer
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Most lawyers
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Extension of police stop and search powers — radical or rhetoric?
It will further damage relations between communities and the police, argues Anonymous Rookie

‘Morning… how was your weekend?’
A Monday funny courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

‘Don’t stay too late’
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Under the bus
A Tuesday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

The hungover associate
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

‘Oh sh*t! It’s the SRA!’
A Monday funny courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

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

Robots are not coming to take our jobs — but they are changing the way we do them
Lawyers are no longer isolated providers of water-tight legal documents

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

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

It’s possible to get to a MoneyLaw US firm from a regional training contract after an ex-poly degree – I should know because I’ve done it
Don’t listen to anyone who tells you it's impossible

‘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