Author: thomas-connelly
Freshfields posts uncharacteristically low trainee retention rate
Legal Cheek called it back in May
Charles Russell Speechlys teams up with ULaw to offer £5,000 scholarship/vac scheme combo
But the deadline is Friday ?
Ex-KWM staff offered £4,000 each over ‘technical breach’ during redundancy process
But the compensation deal is only on the table until Friday
Law firm fidget spinners are now a thing
Freshfields, Milbank and Baker Botts embrace playground craze
‘Sip test’: Coffee-loving lawyers slam new security rules for bringing drinks into court
'Is this really necessary?'
Allen & Overy posts 85% autumn retention result
40 out of 47 rookies commit future to magic circle firm
Gordon Dadds raises £20 million as shares hit London Stock Exchange
Full-service outfit does a Gateley
Simmons & Simmons, Holman Fenwick Willan and Ince & Co boost junior lawyer salaries
Trainees also handed modest rises
Retention latest: Osborne Clarke posts 82% as Bird & Bird reveals 83% result
The strong autumn scores continue
Complaints about barristers’ social media behaviour on the rise
But many are dismissed as free speech
Stephenson Harwood boosts trainee lawyer pay as it becomes latest firm to allow working from home
An extra £1,000 chucked NQs’ way too
Ex-Fieldfisher IT worker banned from profession after sexually assaulting paralegal at Christmas party
City computer whizz was handed 12-month prison term last year
Reed Smith keeps 12 out of 14 qualifying trainees, including King & Wood Mallesons’ survivor
Firm also reveals its training contract applications have almost doubled
Herbert Smith Freehills retains 80% of its autumn NQs
As national outfit Mills & Reeve posts 79% result
Kirkland & Ellis reveals 56% NQ retention result
Top paying global mega-firm sees autumn rate drop sharply
Grenfell Tower fire: Diane Abbott claims survivors are being harassed by ‘ambulance chasing’ lawyers
MP complains to profession bigwigs
Mishcon de Reya’s autumn retention figure slumps to 64%
As Stephenson Harwood keeps 90% of its NQs
Watson Farley & Williams keeps all 15 autumn NQs
International outfit posts perfect 100% retention score
BPP installs new boss as rumours swirl about outgoing chief joining ULaw
Andrew Chadwick appointed law school dean
Keir Starmer QC turns down Mishcon de Reya job
Labour MP and Shadow Brexit Sec declines City advisory role owing to 'other commitments'