Tag: Solicitors

Dechert boosts trainee salaries to £50k and £55k

Rises of up to 11% 💷

Oct 21 2021 9:16am

‘The hurdles I overcame on my path to partnership’

Squire Patton Boggs partner Michelle Adams didn’t get the A-Level grades she’d hoped for and started training at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis; here she talks to Legal Cheek Careers about navigating choppy waters to get to where she is today

Oct 20 2021 11:42am

Law firm partner workloads increase as remote working makes it more difficult to delegate to juniors and trainees, survey finds

Many outfits report rise in chargeable hours, especially at senior levels

Oct 20 2021 9:39am

‘Own your experience as a law career changer’

Mayer Brown trainee Cheryl Stevart discusses her career journey from publishing to corporate law, ahead of her appearance at this week's virtual student event

Oct 19 2021 12:21pm

NQ solicitor pay hits £140k at Cleary Gottlieb

Trainees handed substantial rises of £7,500

Oct 19 2021 9:10am

Ex-Eversheds trainee who sexually assaulted two sleeping students at house party jailed for 8 years

Attacked law student before groping another woman while she slept

Oct 18 2021 12:41pm

Building a better tomorrow as a real estate lawyer

Taylor Wessing partner Adam Marks reflects on his career journey to date and his latest project, City 2040

Oct 18 2021 11:34am
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Osborne Clarke picks BPP to prepare future trainees for SQE

First cohort starts September 2024

Oct 18 2021 8:55am

Why being a global finance lawyer is the next best thing to being a rockstar

Ashurst partner Navdeep Benning discusses her career journey to date

Oct 14 2021 2:34pm

Womble Bond aims to run all offices on renewable energy by 2026

International law firm latest to set net zero target 🍃

Oct 13 2021 1:30pm

My journey from law student to junior lawyer — and what I learnt along the way

Hogan Lovells associate Ellie Thwaites discusses her route into the firm’s infrastructure, energy, resources and projects team, and why a year out both before and after university helped on her way

Oct 13 2021 12:13pm
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College of Legal Practice strikes SQE training deal with Solent Law School

Tie-up will see super-exam prep offered as optional LLB module

Oct 13 2021 9:12am

From The Gherkin to Gotham: Kirkland & Ellis to leave iconic London home after 15 years

US titan strikes deal on new 'Gotham City' skyscraper

Oct 12 2021 11:30am

Dublin’s legal scene through the eyes of two junior lawyers

McCann FitzGerald associates Olivia Wright and Darragh Caldwell offer their top application tips while reflecting on their own career journeys so far, ahead of the firm’s appearance at next week's Legal Cheek Irish Virtual Law Fair 2021

Oct 12 2021 10:43am

My work as a lawyer in the renewable energy sector

Burges Salmon senior associate Peter Ramsden shares an overview of his career journey and the challenges he faced along the way

Oct 8 2021 11:35am

‘Is it acceptable to take all my annual leave as a trainee?’

One Legal Cheek reader seeks guidance on holiday etiquette

Oct 8 2021 10:31am

Former Eversheds trainee accused of raping law student at house party

Ex-rookie solicitor, who was suspended following his arrest, also on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a second woman at same gathering

Oct 7 2021 5:02pm

Osborne Clarke to mentor disadvantaged school kids in social mobility push

Lawyers will provide CV and interview support as well as offer career insights as part of new partnership with three secondary schools

Oct 7 2021 9:20am

From the 2008 financial crisis to Covid: My career as a capital markets lawyer

Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner Jennifer Tait traces her career from the financial crisis to the ‘new normal’

Oct 6 2021 2:39pm