Tag: Solicitors

Zoom blunder turns lawyer into cat

‘I’m here live. I’m not a cat’, Rod Ponton tells judge during virtual court hearing

Feb 10 2021 11:30am

City law firms and chambers come together for #10000BlackInterns initiative

National campaign gets underway next year with aim to provide paid internships for black graduates

Feb 10 2021 10:58am

ULaw reveals SQE prep course fees

Prices range from £500 for a short SQE1 revision course to £16,500 for most comprehensive LLM

Feb 10 2021 8:24am

Solicitor who assaulted female family member rebuked

Received conditional caution

Feb 9 2021 11:18am

City Consortium to provide SQE ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees

Exclusive: Will cover legal tech and project management skills

Feb 9 2021 10:55am

Osborne Clarke ends COVID salary cuts early

Will repay staff deducted earnings this month

Feb 9 2021 9:09am

Councillor in chaotic parish meeting is a lawyer

Aled Brewerton -- one of the participants in the now viral video call -- has a legal background, report claims

Feb 5 2021 5:11pm

Hogan Lovells gets its first female solo chair

Marie-Aimée de Dampierre is one of a number of women in leadership roles at the firm

Feb 5 2021 10:45am

Shortlists revealed for the Legal Cheek Awards 2021

Who will you be rooting for?

Feb 4 2021 10:54am
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner office London lawyer

BCLP restores NQ solicitor pay to £80k as it retains 14 out of 16 spring qualifiers

City player cut salaries in response to pandemic

Feb 3 2021 11:10am

Pandemic-driven private equity boom helps Kirkland’s revenues soar to record $5 billion

Moneyed partners wary not to trumpet financial success in light of global crisis, according to insiders

Feb 2 2021 9:59am

Freshfields looks to slash air travel in sustainability push

Magic circle player also vows to reduce paper consumption and ramp up use of renewable electricity

Feb 1 2021 10:53am

Revealed: The best law firms for legal tech 2021

From AI-powered doc review to smart contract signing software; which law firms are the most technologically advanced?

Jan 29 2021 9:13am

Exclusive research: Law firms say the SQE alone will not be enough

Results of a survey undertaken by nearly 50 leading law firms reveal the new centralised route to qualification won’t cover enough ground and a more thorough course is needed

Jan 28 2021 1:30pm

Should legal crowdfunding be regulated?

Lawyers -- including some of those doing the crowdfunding -- worry about lack of controls

Jan 28 2021 10:49am

Lockdown issues trigger rise in calls to lawyer wellbeing helpline

Stress and anxiety among top concerns, LawCare stats show

Jan 28 2021 9:20am