Tag: Law firms
What Is It With Solicitors And Abseiling?
Look upwards when you’re walking along the street these days and chances are you’ll see...
DLA Piper Lawyer Had Affair With Russian Spy Anna Chapman
“What first attracted you to short, balding millionaire Paul Daniels?” Mrs Merton once memorably asked...
Through Gritted Teeth: Aussie Lawyers Tell Of Delight At Firm’s ‘Merger’ With London Giant Ashurst In £1Million Ad Campaign
To promote its recent tie-up with Australian law firm Blake Dawson, City giant Ashurst has...
A Walk Through The Law Firm Branding Hall Of Shame
DWF‘s recent win for best rebrand in the professional services sector at the Transform Awards...
Superbrands Top 500: A Worrying Signal For The Human Race
If I were to tell you that I like pizza slightly more than Cornwall, but...
PRO BONO FAIL: Law Firms Outnumber Cases As Law Soc’s Riot Help Scheme Flops
EXCLUSIVE: It wasn’t just kids in Tottenham and Hackney who got carried away during last...
EXCLUSIVE: Freshfields Celebrates International Women’s Day With Cake-Baking Competition
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which has one of the lowest percentages of female partners (12%) of...
‘Fun And Freewheeling Parties’: Law Firm’s New Grad Recruitment Strategy
Specialist litigation firm Quinn Emanuel, whose London office has been prominent on the wave of...
Fashion Law: It’s Booming, Darling
Jobless LPC students and law graduates, have you considered fashion law? Suddenly, everyone seems to...
The Worst Law Firm Ad Ever?
There’s not a lot that can be added by way of introduction. There’s more… Hapless...
The Sun Launches X-Factor-Style Law School and Training Contract Competition
In a move that some may view as a sign of the legal profession going...
Freshfields Trainees in Pretend Homelessness Adventure
Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has given its trainee solicitors a rare break from...
What Does City ‘Mini-Boom’ Mean For Wannabe Lawyers?
Hope (of City recovery, creation of more fat cats and then another crash) is beautiful,...
Are City Law Firms Dominated by Posh Lad Culture?
Some firms have a strong penchant for rugby types like ‘spit-roast’ email trainee Daniel England;...
Can One Fart in The Ladies at Work? Auntie Em Advises…
Dear Auntie Em, This one is a little bit embarrassing, I’m afraid. Okay, so let’s...
How To Win Clients As A Junior Lawyer
Writing under the pseudonym ‘Evan Richards’, an up-and-coming London corporate lawyer explains how to get...
Psychoanalysis Corner: What ‘Spit Roast’ Email Says About Shamed City Boys
Alex Aldridge extracts the cries for help beneath the ‘G4 Tour Rules’ drafted by Shearman...
Solicitor Wows YouTube With Rap Video
Steve Wilson, a partner in the accident and injury claims team at Sills & Betteridge...
City Pro Bono Falls: Airfare Savings?
As City pro bono hours drop, Alasdair Stewart of pro bono charity LawWorks is buoyed...
Pro Bono Plunges Across The Magic Circle
As the slashing of the legal aid budget nears, it has become common to hear...
What Are Law Recruitment Fairs For?
The trauma of the City law milkround drove law graduate Jade Ferguson to explore other...