Tag: Solicitors
Should law firms stand up to Trump?
The Legal Cheek team ask how law firms should react to Trump's hostile executive orders – listen now 🎙️
DWF announces job cuts with over 100 roles at risk
Around 2% of DWF’s workforce
Kaplan’s use of AI for SQE ‘question development’ comes under scrutiny amid US Bar row
Company informs Legal Cheek that no questions generated by AI are used in SQE assessments
Liverpool, Glasgow, Southampton and Warwick law students celebrated at latest Pro Bono Awards
Projects include a Windrush app, sexual violence legal advice and a law-themed classroom outreach
Top law firms graded on ‘climate accountability’ in new student-led report
Spotlights fossil fuel work
Ukraine calls in Hogan Lovells for US minerals deal
Washington partners drafted in
Solicitor ‘restrained’ after judge lets them bypass court security
Judge issued formal advice
Powering progress: The role lawyers play in leading the global energy transition
White & Case’s Ryan Gawrych and Hannah Bragge unpack life in the firm’s busy Energy, Infrastructure, Project and Asset Finance team
Aussie lawyer who pulled sickie to watch football loses unfair dismissal claim
Ultimately undone by Instagram pics
BigLaw associate goes viral on TikTok urging law students to ditch influencer dreams
Don't risk your legal rep
How to pass SQE2 – tips from a module leader
BPP’s Julie Manson talks exam success
Freshfields stands alone as sole global elite firm backing legal challenge to Trump’s executive orders
500 outfits sign court submission supporting US firm targeted by sanctions
Former City law firm senior partner defends BigLaw’s Trump deals
Law firms can't be expected to sacrifice themselves in an unwinnable fight, says ex-Ashurst boss Charlie Geffen
Decision on solicitor apprenticeship funding cuts to be made ‘in due course’, says government
Seven months since announcement
Simmons to relocate City HQ in 2030
Moving around the corner to Finsbury Circus
Latest SQE1 sitting sees 56% pass
Up from a record low of 44%
Shoosmiths offers £1 million bonus pot to encourage AI use among staff
Cash rewards for reaching one million prompts on Microsoft Copilot
Another BigLaw firm strikes deal with Trump
Willkie follows Paul Weiss and Skadden
Super-regulator demands SQE provider pass rate transparency by Autumn 2025
SRA delay draws criticism