Tag: COVID-19

A student’s diary of a virtual vacation scheme

Sophie Currie reflects on a jam-packed week at The Legal Cheek-ULaw Virtual Vacation Scheme

Jul 7 2020 1:32pm

Clifford Chance launches year-round global virtual work experience programme

Exclusive: New approach means there'll be no summer 2021 vacation scheme -- but magic circle firm will continue to offer some in-office internships

Jul 7 2020 9:00am

Exam proctoring: a law student’s experience

As law schools shift exams online in the wake of the coronavirus, one aspiring lawyer reveals her first encounter was 'mostly positive'

Jul 6 2020 1:38pm

Womble Bond Dickinson extends training contracts by six months in response to coronavirus

Exclusive: Firm also pushes back autumn TC start dates

Jul 2 2020 11:33am

COVID-19: Emphasising the societal impact of business decisions

Future trainee solicitor Isabella Mason considers the implications for law firms

Jul 2 2020 10:38am

DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie latest to cut NQ pay

Both firms anticipate salary reviews in due course

Jul 1 2020 10:08am

ULaw and BPP confirm campuses will reopen this autumn

Temperature tests and other safety measures to combat virus spread will be put in place

Jun 30 2020 2:07pm

BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000

Belt-tightening measures across the City continue

Jun 29 2020 10:22am

‘We just love being lawyers’, sings CMS choir

The show must go on -- even under lockdown

Jun 25 2020 3:26pm

Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%

COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease

Jun 22 2020 11:23am

COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online

Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms

Jun 22 2020 10:06am

Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic

Also implements reduced working week option

Jun 19 2020 1:12pm

How to secure a training contract at a global law firm in Hong Kong

Five industry experts share their top tips

Jun 19 2020 12:06pm

Virtual Pride 2020: Law firms move celebrations online in light of COVID-19

Bingo, discos and virtual 'voguing' -- a lot is going on(line) in recognition of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies

Jun 19 2020 9:09am

Hogan Lovells cuts NQ pay and freezes salaries for some trainees

Exclusive: Second year rookies to remain on first year salaries

Jun 18 2020 3:25pm

Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k

Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut

Jun 17 2020 5:30pm

How training contract hunters can stand out from the crowd after COVID-19

ULaw’s director of employability John Watkins discusses the importance of being productive and why future lawyers must exude web-cam confidence

Jun 17 2020 1:31pm

Allen & Overy reopens City HQ on ‘permission-only basis’

Distancing measures put in place

Jun 17 2020 10:10am