Legal Cheek Careers
A trainee solicitor’s experience of law firm innovation
Reed Smith’s Shannon Diggory reports from the City frontline
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Reed Smith keeps 12 out of 14 qualifying trainees, including King & Wood Mallesons’ survivor
Firm also reveals its training contract applications have almost doubled
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Experience: I did a secondment at a global media company during my City training contract
Reed Smith trainee Roch Glowacki reflects on what he learned during six-months at firm’s client
Reed Smith offers flexi-working option to all London lawyers
But trainees are likely to miss out
Reed Smith boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £70k
NQ salaries rise by £7,000 as target hours head north too
I used my autism to my advantage and secured a training contract at Reed Smith
Why keep quiet about a disability when it has so many positive aspects?
17 City firms secure places on LGBT employer power list
Strong showing from the legal profession in 2017 Stonewall rankings
The fanciest law firm offices in Britain
Welcome to workplace heaven
Revealed: which law firms have the best canteens
Who will come out on top in the ultimate food face-off?
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From trainee solicitor to pro bono manager
Becca Naylor’s passion for human rights has led her to a dream job with Reed Smith
FinTech – exaggerated hopes or justified enthusiasm?
Reed Smith trainee Anne-Marie Trachmann on why we should expect great things
Reed Smith keeps 8 out of 12 qualifying trainees
Four rookies exit the Broadgate Tower
Reed Smith confirms merger talks with Philadelphia outfit Pepper Hamilton
Rumours circulate that Clyde & Co is eyeing up potential suitors in Miami
Freshfields posts 82% trainee retention rate rounding off mixed bag for magic circle
Elsewhere in the City, Reed Smith posts disappointing 58% result while Weil Gotshal & Manges scores perfect 100%
Reed Smith ups newly qualified pay — and hours targets
Rookie remuneration rises to £63,000 as billing targets increase by 100 hours
Exclusive: Reed Smith hands qualifying solicitors modest 1.5% pay rise
Trainees at Pittsburgh-headquartered practice do better, bagging 4% rise to take them to £38,500
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People are poking fun at The Times after it described the Offences Against the Person Act as a ‘Victorian-era law’ 
City solicitor turned East End teacher set to send 95% of pupils to Russell Group unis 
Paralegal who worked for two firms at the same time barred from legal profession 
Tieless at Travers: City law firm ditches corporate dress code in favour of new casual approach 
Strictly Come Dancing: Glasgow law graduate and ex-corporate lawyer Susan Calman announced as contestant
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A reply to top lawyer David Greene, from the Cambridge students he called ‘arrogant’ (61)
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Mass exodus at Mansfield 1 Gray’s Inn Square as 20 barristers join Goldsmith Chambers (51)
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Future lawyer daughter of top QC in acid attack shame (41)
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City solicitor turned East End teacher set to send 95% of pupils to Russell Group unis (29)
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