As part of Teacher Stern’s career growth and recognition of growing senior experience and responsibility, the Firm has made the following promotions. The following Senior Associates have now been promoted to Legal Directors: Amy Bennett-Mitchell Arran Brooker Heledd Jones Luke Turtle The following Associates have now been promoted to Senior Associates: Atousa Jones-Saddighzadeh Elizabeth Parker Kira Lipinski Managing Partner, David [...]
It’s been a century since several trailblazing women changed the legal landscape in the UK, and paved the way for generations to come. In 1919, the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act opened the profession to women. By 1922, the first women in law were qualifying. Ivy Williams was the first woman to be called to the English bar, followed by Helena Normanton. Two [...]
In March 2024 the EU Parliament adopted the AI Act. Providers and users in the UK will not be directly impacted by it. Having said that, it is likely that AI systems that are used in the UK and the EU will be adapted to meet EU standards to reduce the likelihood of non-compliance. The UK will catch up at [...]
Amazon first introduced its “Just Walk Out” technology in 2016. This allowed Amazon Fresh shoppers to select items, scan a code / their payment card and walk out without going to a cashier. It turns out that their technology wasn't good enough to do this without recruiting 1,000 staff in India to review camera footage. 70% of transactions required such [...]
Congratulations to Ayse Avola, Lee Donoghue, Suzanne Hamer, Michael Kilner, Rebecca Lee and Siobhan Parish on their promotion to Legal Director. As part of Teacher Stern’s career growth and development paths, the Firm has appointed its first six Legal Directors. A recently-launched role which recognises the growing senior experience, responsibility and continued development of Senior Associates within Teacher Stern. Managing [...]
Welcome to the third of our 2023 – Trainee Insight interviews with our current Teacher Stern trainees! In these insights, we will hear first-hand experiences and give you a real flavour of what life is like as a trainee with us. If you are interested in applying for a training contract with Teacher Stern then we recommended you apply for [...]
Welcome to the second of our 2023 – Trainee Insight interviews with our current Teacher Stern trainees! In these insights, we will hear first-hand experiences and give you a real flavour of what life is like as a trainee with us. If you are interested in applying for a training contract with Teacher Stern then we recommended you apply for [...]
Happy International Women’s Day from everyone at Teacher Stern! Stay tuned for our IWD blog posts which will be shared throughout the month of March featuring some of the many inspiring women at the firm. Up first, meet our first year trainee, Valeriya Zinchenko: 1. Why did you want to pursue a career in law? Honest answer? My dad said [...]
Welcome to the first of our 2023 – Trainee Insight interviews with our current Teacher Stern trainees! In these insights, we will hear first-hand experiences and give you a real flavour of what life is like as a trainee with us. If you are interested in applying for a training contract with Teacher Stern then we recommended you apply for [...]
Everyone is talking about ChatGPT and AI generally. It has come close to passing the multiple-choice part of the US bar exam and has earned passing grades on law school essays that resemble ones written for the exam. Microsoft has invested billions and has added it to its search engine, Bing, in the hope that it will catch up ground lost to Google. As AI becomes [...]
