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

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

ULaw reveals SQE prep course fees
Prices range from £500 for a short SQE1 revision course to £16,500 for most comprehensive LLM

Solicitor who assaulted female family member rebuked
Received conditional caution

City Consortium to provide SQE ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees
Exclusive: Will cover legal tech and project management skills

Osborne Clarke ends COVID salary cuts early
Will repay staff deducted earnings this month

Macfarlanes restores NQ lawyer salaries to £85,000 following COVID cut
Pay trimmed by £5k last summer

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

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

Shortlists revealed for the Legal Cheek Awards 2021
Who will you be rooting for?

Herbert Smith Freehills keeps 28 out of 30 NQ associates
Solid spring score of 93%

BCLP restores NQ solicitor pay to £80k as it retains 14 out of 16 spring qualifiers
City player cut salaries in response to pandemic

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

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

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?

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

Should legal crowdfunding be regulated?
Lawyers -- including some of those doing the crowdfunding -- worry about lack of controls

Lockdown issues trigger rise in calls to lawyer wellbeing helpline
Stress and anxiety among top concerns, LawCare stats show