Flex Legal recently asked me what single human skill junior lawyers need to master to thrive alongside AI. I said, it all comes down to client empathy and human judgement, and I meant it. Then in September, Professor Richard Susskind argued that judgement will not save lawyers from AI at
AI can explain a tricky land law rule in seconds. Thatโs useful. But a LexisNexis report published earlier this year shows how AI is changing the way junior lawyers learn judgement, and the findings should make every SQE candidate pause. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ T๐ต๐ฒ S๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ F๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ LexisNexis surveyed 873 legal professionals across
This week The Law Society held its Junior Solicitor Summit 2026 at Chancery Lane. Last year the big question was whether AI would replace solicitors. This year the room had moved on. AI is part of the job now, so the real question was what makes a junior lawyer worth
Nobody will ask you to bring in a client during your QWE. Your supervisor wants the research right and the deadline met. So hereโs this weekโs case: Start Business Development Before You Qualify as a Solicitor. What clients buy takes years to build, and the clock starts earlier
Most SQE candidates walk into interviews apologising for the wrong things. They brush past years of retail shifts and volunteering, then lean hard on a single week of shadowing a solicitor. Fiona Anthony watched this happen again and again while running the trainee programme at nplaw, where she also built
Learn how to build public speaking confidence when nerves hit, with one research backed trick and four habits you can start this week. Most of us spend our study days in silence. Headphones in, notes open, a library that smells faintly of coffee. Then someone asks you to stand up
Picture a client nodding along as you explain the timeline for their dispute. They say they're happy with it. But their answers get shorter, they stop making eye contact, and they're turning a pen over in their hands. If you only listen to the words, you&
The best career advice I've heard recently had nothing to do with law. It was three words: be someone worth finding. I assumed the answer was always more rooms and more handshakes. It is not. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ Think about what actually happens at a law fair or a generic legal
The SRA confirmed this week that SQE 1 drops to 170 questions from January 2027, with the changes applying to every candidate from that sitting onwards, first sitters and resitters alike. If you are sitting in January 2027 or later, here is what actually changes and what stays the same.
Bringing back an old one from 2020 where I was invited to speak on how to build practical negotiations skills to Fiverr's community of users and entrepreneurs. This issue shares take aways from the talk and practical actionable points you can start using. How to build Practical Negotiation
SQE 2 results were released earlier this week. Some of you opened the email and read the word pass. Some of you did not. Both groups are about to find out the same thing, which is that the exam was never the hard part of this route. The hard part
How much does the SQE actually cost in 2026 is a question some candidates answer with a single number. The exam fees are only the starting point. Prep course prices vary by thousands of pounds for the same two exams, exam fees rise in September 2026, and qualifying work experience