DWF Archives - Legal Cheek

Careers

Why training contract hunters must be adaptable

Top tips and career insights from four Birmingham-based lawyers

Mar 6 2020 3:53pm
Careers

What went down at LegalEdCon North 2020

Last month’s Manchester conference marked the beginning of some important conversations centering around the SQE, Sophie Currie reports

Feb 18 2020 3:18pm
Careers

How techy do you have to be to work in tech law?

DWF technology, media and telecoms partner Ben McLeod shares his thoughts

Feb 11 2020 2:02pm
14 law firms named in LGBT top 100 employer list

Newcastle City Council takes top spot

Jan 30 2020 6:58am
14
Apply to attend: Legal Cheek student commercial awareness events coming up in Liverpool, Leeds, Reading, Bristol, Birmingham and Dublin

With Addleshaw Goddard, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Burges Salmon, DWF, Eversheds Sutherland, Exchange Chambers, Gowling, Hardwicke, Hill Dickinson, Hogan Lovells, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, RPC, Shoosmiths, Travers Smith and Womble Bond Dickinson

Jan 18 2020 9:21am
Ban for former DWF trainee solicitor who emailed client information to a mate

Haley Tansey now can’t work for a law firm without regulator’s say-so

Jan 7 2020 12:46pm
6

Legal sector dominates social mobility power list

Top ten spots for Baker McKenzie, Linklaters and BCLP

Oct 9 2019 8:44am
8
DWF trainee solicitor who shared confidential client information with a friend loses unfair dismissal claim

Sacked just before qualification

Jul 22 2019 12:11pm
39
Mishcon de Reya ponders stock market flotation

City firm mulls doing a DWF in bid to raise capital, according to report

Jul 22 2019 11:29am
19
Manchester Uni law students design app to field out-of-hours legal advice centre enquiries

Hits online shelves later this year

Jul 18 2019 10:47am
8
DWF drafts in law student innovators to help solve client’s real-life problems

‘Design sprint’ placement sees trio of Manchester Uni undergrads spend time at outfit’s R&D division

Jun 27 2019 10:07am
17
Careers

A day in the life of a corporate lawyer

Solicitors from Gowling WLG, Pinsent Masons and DWF tell us what their jobs are really like

Jun 20 2019 2:03pm

Profession prepares for big changes in training of lawyers

Scrapping of LPC, shift to apprenticeships and focus on tech prompt enthusiasm and anxiety in equal measure

May 31 2019 11:15am
4
DWF’s Milton Keynes office to close next month

Exclusive: News of the closure comes just weeks after firm’s flotation on London Stock Exchange

Apr 5 2019 11:56am
32
And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2019 are…

Gongs galore for industry’s top players, including firm of the year Taylor Wessing and ‘Most Admired’ chambers Blackstone

Mar 25 2019 12:38pm
Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance – 2019 edition

The outfits bucking the ‘all work no play’ trend

Feb 21 2019 8:02am
35
DWF looks to raise £75 million from London Stock Exchange flotation

A quarter of the firm up for sale

Feb 8 2019 3:04pm
12
DWF to push ahead with flotation in UK’s largest law firm listing

An important step for future growth, says global outfit’s chief

Jan 31 2019 1:01pm
35

City law firms dominate LGBT top 100 employer list

Pinsent Masons came out on top

Jan 21 2019 8:56am
19
DWF to offer earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships

Rookies rotate through eight seats as part of intense training programme

Dec 10 2018 8:44am
27