The big 5-0: Two Bristol firms reach unprecedented NQ pay milestone
Osborne Clarke and Simmons & Simmons lead West Country pay war, but will other outfits follow suit?
Solicitors
Solicitor who ‘cracked under the strain’ of work and tried to kill his wife has NOT been banned from profession
‘Realistic prospect’ attempted murderer could ‘return to practice eventually’
Squire Patton Boggs boosts London junior lawyer salaries by 10%
Exclusive: As it records disappointing autumn retention result
Retention latest: HFW and Charles Russell Speechlys reveal September scores
Results of 80% and 71%
Legal Cheek Careers
Why blockchain is here to stay as a force for good
And lawyers have a central role to play, says Norton Rose Fulbright fintech partner Victoria Birch
CMS has announced its long-awaited retention rate, keeps 43 NQs
66% for newly-merged firm
DLA Piper keeps 75 NQs as Addleshaw Goddard retains 38 rookies
From sizeable cohorts come solid results
Clyde & Co and Berwin Leighton Paisner reveal trainee retention peformances
79% and 67% scores
Why lawyers need to loosen the ‘stiff upper lip’
Macho demonstrations of ‘resilience’ are overrated
Number of lawyers in Justice Committee drops by almost a third as new members revealed
Now there’s only one solicitor
Robot lawyer offering legal assistance to Equifax hack victims is UK bound
London-born student sets sights on credit report giant
Research: Lawyers take just 36 minutes for their lunch
And close to half rarely leave the office
Simmons & Simmons reveals 78% NQ retention result
As international outfit Covington & Burling posts 83% score
Legal Cheek Careers
The lawyer who works from his garden on some of the best-known cases in Britain
Leading media lawyer Jonathan Coad on his switch from Lewis Silkin equity partner to Keystone Law consultant
City law thriving as regional firms struggle, report reveals
92% of Square Mile outfits grew last year, with lawyer numbers up 7.5%
Labour law lead could back illegal strike
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon won’t say whether he backs unlawful action
Manchester Law School scholarship to boost number of black males entering legal profession
Students will receive £3,000 for each year of their undergraduate degrees
Judge complains after being handed bundle containing 2,000 pages of ‘largely irrelevant material’
Size really does matter, according to Mr Justice Holgate
Withers teams up with BPP to launch ‘earn while you learn’ solicitor apprenticeships
International law firm embraces government-backed Trailblazer scheme
Legal Cheek Careers
Event: Bitcoin, blockchain & smart contracts — and the next generation of lawyers
Norton Rose Fulbright fintech lawyers share their experiences from the tech frontiers
Autumn retention season: The good, the bad and the ugly
Legal Cheek reflects on the latest NQ results
‘You’re fired’: Louise Mensch ditches her lawyer… on Twitter
A very public spat
Norton Rose Fulbright reveals Newcastle support hub expansion plan
But there won’t be TCs in the Toon anytime soon
Miriam González: Now is the time for students to get into EU law
Cash in on the uncertainty
Clifford Chance keeps 42 out of 52 autumn NQs
Magic circle giant bounces back from disappointing spring result
Trio of magic circle training contract offers for LSE student who grew up on council estate
Panashe Jinga has turned down Linklaters and Allen & Overy to train at Freshfields
Bond Dickinson unveils 81% retention score as firm prepares for US mega merger
Tie-up with North Carolina’s Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice will go live next month
Tribunal tells SRA to review its guidance on solicitors having sex with clients
Plea comes as SDT fines lawyer £8,500 for failing to disclose relationship
Secret trainees are revealing what City law life is really like
Elitist partners, recruitment event fibs and shafted PAs
Travers Smith keeps 18 of its 20 NQs following summer salary boost
City outfit chalks up impressive 90% autumn rate
Anglo-Aussie break up: Stock market-listed Slater and Gordon confirms split from UK arm
Decision follows a string of disappointing financial results
The demise of family law? Courts now ‘largely inaccessible’ and ‘unintelligible’, says court president
As solicitor is lambasted for ‘extremely serious professional errors’ in complex child abuse case
