Category: News
Flexible training contract specialist signs SQE training deal with College of Legal Practice
Accutrainee to fund rookies through super-exam prep
Ropes & Gray raises London NQ lawyer pay to £147k
Trainees handed extra £7.5k
Stephenson Harwood boosts NQ lawyer pay to £90k as it ups billable hour targets
City firm overhauls associate remuneration and bonus scheme
Simmons pledges £100k in free legal support to start-ups tackling climate change
International law firm says collaboration is key to addressing crisis
Solicitor sanctioned for ‘offensive’ WhatsApp messages
Group chat contained around 100 members
Top City law firms come together to run diversity ‘hackathon’
Legal CORE aims to increase representation of BAME individuals in private practice through collaborative forums and crowdsourcing ideas
Ex-Dechert partner to settle ‘spying’ claim against former client
Neil Gerrard reportedly agrees compensation deal that leaves former firm on the hook for costs
Law student marries princess ‘but fails bar exam’
Mixed few days for Kei Komuro
Stephenson Harwood to offer lawyers electric car perk
New initiative available through salary sacrifice with money firm saves put towards other green initiatives
Ashurst to offer course in imposter syndrome
City firm looks to help aspiring lawyers set broader definitions of 'success' and 'accomplishment'
Mishcon fined £25k over football agent fees
Breached account rules
Fieldfisher teams up with client Peloton to create ‘diversity vac scheme’
Two-week programme for aspiring lawyers from unrepresented groups
Clydes gives lawyers coloured wristbands so they can indicate how Covid cautious they are
Traffic light system 🚦
Lawyers out-earn doctors and dentists with £93k average salary
Chief execs top 2021 earnings table with £131k, new stats show
‘Diversity is not optional — it’s what we must be’
Senior legal figures discuss issues around Black lawyer retention and career progression during Dechert-sponsored panel event to mark Black History Month
Revealed: Law firms’ average start work and finish times 2021-22
Legal Cheek exclusive research shows how the average working hours for junior lawyers have fared in the face of changing work arrangements
UK law firm becomes first to sell legal advice as NFT
Crypto art 🤝 billable hours
SQE prep provider launches £50k social mobility scholarship fund
Law Training Centre's 'Access to Law' scheme enables candidates to complete part one prep course for just £950
City Consortium outlines SQE plan for future trainees
11-month programme includes super-exam prep and 'bespoke' top-up course
Macfarlanes launches ‘app scheme’
TC hopefuls can now get the 'trainee experience' via their phones
Disbarment for barrister who asked fellow lawyer to lie about sex assault
Handed suspended sentence earlier this year