Tag: Solicitors

15 City law firms sign social mobility action plan
Outfits to offer mentoring to aspiring lawyers from disadvantaged backgrounds

What ‘build back better’ means for law firms
A panel of Womble Bond Dickinson lawyers discuss their role in boosting sustainable business

Goodwin Procter raises NQ solicitor pay to £137,500
Trainee salaries to be reviewed in the summer

Jo Maugham QC claims Allen & Overy blacklisted him and his chambers
Tax barrister says 'ban' came in ‘aftermath’ of fox killing tweet

How to make it as an international lawyer at a London law firm
Highflyers from Latham & Watkins, Skadden and Slaughter and May on how they made it to the top, alongside a legal education expert from BARBRI

Law firm hires ‘I.M. Nottacat’
Spoof specialities include ‘M&A (meow and agitate)’

City Law School launches student-staffed environmental law clinic
Latest pro bono offering sees aspiring lawyers work on green policy and legal problems

Slaughter and May ups NQ solicitor salaries to £90.5k — but rises fall short of pre-pandemic pay levels
Trainees also handed increases

Legal experts highlight need for reform as Queen’s ‘anti-democratic’ vetting powers come to light
Over 1,000 laws needed Her Majesty's consent as result of archaic constitutional rule

London office of US law firm seeks newly qualified solicitor… to work as a paralegal
Warning signs for NQ job prospects?

Litigation law firm drops Hamilton-inspired BigLaw diss track
'Cut your own path it’s ok to be defiant... BigLaw is big, but for change we need giants' 🎶

Freshfields targets social mobility ‘cold spots’ with sixth form mentoring scheme
Teens eligible for paid internships at magic circle firm

Paths to becoming a lawyer: Your official roadmap to the legal profession goes live
Don’t know your LLBs from your SQEs? Don’t panic. This new comprehensive guide is here to help

CILEx launches SQE rival for school leavers
Training body creates new route to lawyer qualification which will cost a maximum of £12.5k

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