Tag: DWF

Pressure to generate returns forces listed law firms to think outside the box

Investors aren’t interested in how many offices firms have got or other traditional prestige metrics

Apr 29 2021 8:52am

DWF launches business grad scheme

Roles in finance, HR and marketing up for grabs

Apr 20 2021 9:12am

Bitcoin, blockchain and cybersecurity: The hot tech topics law students should know about

A panel of legal technology experts go beyond the buzzwords

Mar 16 2021 2:53pm

Revealed: The best law firms for legal tech 2021

From AI-powered doc review to smart contract signing software; which law firms are the most technologically advanced?

Jan 29 2021 9:13am

Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance 2021

Which firms are offering the best of both worlds?

Jan 18 2021 9:30am

City law firms increase lawyer leave in light of lockdown 3.0

'Lockdown leave' schemes aimed at working parents and carers

Jan 12 2021 11:20am

Is it worth investing in listed law firms?

Legal profession's stock market performance was poor last year but 2021 could bring a recovery

Jan 11 2021 9:13am

DWF launches lawtech training seat geared towards STEM grads

Six-month pilot launches in February 2021

Nov 30 2020 9:24am

DWF ‘cautiously optimistic’ following summer cost-cutting measures

Listed giant's revenue up 14% on previous 12 months

Nov 5 2020 10:40am

DWF retains 25 of 39 trainee solicitors

Six on fixed-term deals

Oct 14 2020 9:14am

DWF reveals profit uptick despite ‘significant COVID-19 impact’

Listed law firm issues bullish trading update for first quarter of new financial year

Sep 8 2020 12:42pm

8 City law firms among most family-friendly employers

DWF and Pinsent Masons make top ten -- again

Sep 7 2020 1:00pm

DWF scraps specific A-Level requirements for training contract seekers

Social mobility push comes amid results chaos for college leavers

Aug 14 2020 10:38am

9 City law firms make gender equality employer list

Recognised for creating workplace environments inclusive of women

Jul 30 2020 11:36am

What does the future hold for the UK’s largest listed law firm?

City trainee Clive Wong examines the fall in its share price from a pre-COVID market high of 143p

Jul 10 2020 1:49pm

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

Pregnant law firm partner calls out top QC for ‘every day sexism’

DWF's Naomi Pryde says unnamed silk contacted a male junior lawyer about her case, assuming she'd be 'indisposed'

Jun 17 2020 4:47pm

DWF defers training contract start dates by six months

Thirty-one new joiners will now start in February

Jun 5 2020 9:41am

Law veteran who turned DLA Piper into a global giant takes over at DWF

Nigel Knowles -- the man behind DLA’s ascent from middling Yorkshire outfit to one of the biggest firms in the world -- takes over from DWF’s long serving leader Andrew Leaitherland

May 29 2020 10:52am