Tag: research
Half of legal workers feel pressure to take on additional hours to ‘meet job demands’
Many do so without extra pay
Junior lawyers: let us refuse work on ethical grounds
New research shows culture split
Revealed: law’s most lucrative languages to boost salaries
Good news for Portuguese speakers
Less than half of lawyers satisfied with work-life balance, study finds
Majority think employers could do better
Research: Legal sector workers amongst happiest in UK
Only bankers are loving life more
Pay rises are the number one reason lawyers switch firms, research shows
Unhappiness also up there
Attention to detail most important soft skill for lawyers, research finds
Problem-solving close second
High-flying law students perform worse in exams when using AI
Lower performers saw significant benefit
Research: AI will lead to more legal work being done by those without ‘traditional qualifications’
Concerns remain over regulation
Research reveals the best and worst UK cities to open a law firm
Leicester comes top
Switching firms pays off – quite literally, research finds
Lawyers who moved firms last year earned more than those who stayed loyal
Exclusive research: SQE prep not enough say majority of law firms
Nearly two-thirds require future trainees to undertake practice area-focused modules
How tech is changing legal research
Stephanie Lawrence, Product Manager at LexisNexis UK, speaks about AI and how it helps her team create more user-friendly tools for lawyers and law students
Lawyers twice as likely to work on days off, research finds
Impacts mental and physical wellbeing
London crowned ‘best city for lawyers’
Oslo and Berlin joint second in new study
ChatGPT no match for high street solicitors, research finds
But surprisingly good at drafting contacts
‘Unmanageable caseloads’ top source of stress among lawyers
Over 60% have suffered burnout, new research finds
Twice as many women as men apply to study law
Overall law school applications have increased by over 17,000 since 2019, UCAS data shows
Public favours barristers with posh accents, study finds
Regional voices still encounter bias
Over a third of legal workers hate their boss, research finds
Retail employees despise their superiors the most
‘Underappreciated’ lawyers likely to quit, research reveals
Survey highlights associate retention risks