Tag: Shoosmiths

How being Insta-savvy can help you secure a training contract
From application pointers to commercial awareness gold; there’s more to social media than just selfies

Trainee retentions: mixed fortunes for Simmons and Shoosmiths
Spring scores of 57% and 100%

Shoosmiths and Aston Uni join forces to support disadvantaged sixth formers into law
West Midlands teens to benefit from sessions and events in new 18-month programme

Shoosmiths opens first international office
Brussels base comes in response to rise in EU work

Revealed: The most eco-friendly law firms 2022
With the race to net-zero in full swing, Legal Cheek’s exclusive Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey reveals which firms score highest for eco-friendliness

Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2022
The results are in! Legal Cheek’s exclusive Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey can reveal the law firms with the highest scores for training and quality of work

Life as a lawyer in the fast-moving automotive sector
Shoosmiths associate Sam Henegan talks electric vehicles and driverless cars, ahead of his virtual appearance at next week’s event

Junior solicitor fined over ‘threatening’ tweets to MPs
Ex-Shoosmiths associate admits inciting abuse against politicians after SRA investigation

How being #socialmediasavvy can help you secure a training contract
Boost your application with Shoosmiths’ handy hashtags

Osborne Clarke hands staff a slice of the profits as Shoosmiths says ‘thank you’ with bonuses
Lockdown rewards continue

Shoosmiths launches Belfast training contract
First trainee to start in September 2021

The key commercial awareness themes of 2021
Lawyers, legal education and tech experts explain what students should focus on as they apply for training contracts this year

Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance 2021
Which firms are offering the best of both worlds?

City law firms increase lawyer leave in light of lockdown 3.0
'Lockdown leave' schemes aimed at working parents and carers

Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2020-21
Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey identifies firms with best culture

Revealed: The best law firms for working from home
From generous WFH budgets to team catch-ups via Zoom -- which law firms have adapted the best to the new way of working?

What will the post-pandemic life of a lawyer look like?
Shoosmiths partners and associates explain why a blended approach that mixes agile workplaces with WFH is likely to become the norm and advise future trainees on how to prepare for the changes ahead

The pandemic’s long-lasting impact on the way lawyers work
Shoosmiths associate Dan Goddard discusses agile working, tech and joining the firm just before the first lockdown

A law student’s guide to overcoming ‘commercial unawareness’
Lawyers provide an overview of how the legal services market functions and explain their roles within it

How Instagram can help you get a training contract at a national law firm
Five tips courtesy of Shoosmiths

Business but not as usual: Lawyers share ‘work from home’ snaps on social media
Including one trainee with a paralegal pet tortoise