Fletchers Archives - Legal Cheek

Speakers announced for Legal Cheek’s Spring Virtual Vacation Scheme

Featuring 10 leading law firms, alongside in-house lawyers from Netflix, NatWest, BT and the BBC, as well as ULaw’s employability team

Apr 1 2021 5:05pm
Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance 2021

Which firms are offering the best of both worlds?

Jan 18 2021 9:30am
Revealed: Law firms’ average work from home start and finish times 2020-21

Everything has changed over the past 12 months — but what about working hours for trainee and junior lawyers?

Jan 12 2021 9:14am
Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2020-21

Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey identifies firms with best culture

Dec 30 2020 9:30am
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How to get ahead in the training contract race

A panel of experts share their thoughts

Mar 13 2020 2:45pm
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How a life changing accident as a junior lawyer gave me the drive to succeed

Ed Fletcher, CEO at Fletchers, discusses how he took the firm from fledgling high street practice to featuring in the UK top 100, and the tragic motorcycle crash that spurred him on

Feb 26 2020 12:04pm

Student commercial awareness events in Bristol and Manchester this week — with Burges Salmon, Freshfields, Fletchers, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, RPC and ULaw

Speakers announced for Bristol on Wednesday 26 February and Manchester on Thursday 27 February

Feb 22 2020 11:41am
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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
Do lawyers really start work later than other people?

It depends…

Jan 7 2020 10:23am
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
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Event series: Secrets to Success — in London, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham

Legal Cheek Live joins forces with The University of Law and a host of leading law firms to take our commercial awareness series on the road

Feb 5 2018 4:31pm
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Five things we learnt from ‘How to become a serious injury lawyer’

Panel of serious injury and medical negligence solicitors and barristers shares its pearls of wisdom

Mar 8 2017 4:04pm

Ten law firms make Sunday Times’ best employers list

No mention of the magic circle as Devon and Cornwall firm Stephens Scown takes the top spot, again

Feb 27 2017 2:18pm
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How to use the law to make a difference

Fletchers’ Mark Tempest looks back on some of his most memorable cases

Feb 23 2017 12:22pm
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Event: How to become a serious injury lawyer – live in Manchester

Top solicitors and barristers share their wisdom with students

Feb 14 2017 2:29pm
The best use of social media that we’ve seen this year

Which solicitors, barristers and students have been wowing their peers?

Jan 26 2017 12:17pm
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The reality of working as a paralegal while completing the LPC

Fletchers’ Bethany Hodgkins on juggling work and study

Jan 25 2017 12:32pm
Battle of the law firm Xmas trees: Legal Cheek’s official round-up

‘Tis the season to ~~hit billing targets~~ be jolly

Dec 16 2016 10:26am

Law firm teams up with Liverpool Uni in bid to create clinical negligence robot lawyer

Litigation giant bringing in PhD students to realise AI dream

Dec 7 2016 12:57pm
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How I got a training contract at a top medical negligence law firm

Trainee solicitor Sam Wignall recalls how he secured a place on his second attempt

Nov 30 2016 1:27pm
Med neg giant gears up to offer more training contracts as it opens new Manchester office

Fletchers eyes North West talent

Nov 2 2016 12:10pm