Tag: Solicitors

The post-vaccine world through the eyes of a lawyer

Hill Dickinson’s head of banking and finance, Richard Capper, forecasts the year ahead

Jan 25 2021 2:42pm

Diversity and inclusion efforts count towards billable targets, Hogan Lovells tells lawyers

Credit system applies to activities including organising D&I events and mentoring underrepresented colleagues

Jan 21 2021 10:26am

Why students should take an SQE prep course

Nottingham Law School's Rachel Rowley and Professor Paula Moffatt discuss the importance of choosing a law school that will provide you with a rounded professional legal education

Jan 20 2021 2:39pm

Flexi training contract specialist launches SQE scholarship for Black aspiring lawyers

Accutrainee's diversity initiative sees it team up with City outfits including CMS

Jan 19 2021 11:22am

Ex-magic circle trainee reveals why she quit law to live on a narrowboat

'I found the work so boring,' says former Linklaters lawyer Dorothy Henson

Jan 19 2021 9:45am

From Hull high street trainee to US firm high flyer

Richard Youle, co-head of private equity at Skadden, reveals how he staged one of the best career progressions of his time

Jan 18 2021 1:36pm

Norton Rose Fulbright cuts 132 roles — majority in London

19 lawyers among redundancies

Jan 18 2021 11:48am

Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance 2021

Which firms are offering the best of both worlds?

Jan 18 2021 9:30am

Watch now: Travers Smith lawyers on the shift to sustainable capitalism

Full footage from Legal Cheek and Travers Smith’s latest student careers event now live

Jan 15 2021 4:47pm

Law student told to stump up £300 a month for ‘paralegal mentorship’

Exclusive: Lawyers warn Open Uni undergrad Katrina White to steer clear

Jan 15 2021 12:02pm

Allen & Overy kicks off spring retention season with 92% result

34 out of 37 trainees kept on

Jan 15 2021 10:30am

Disciplinary case against magic circle partner who worked on Harvey Weinstein NDA halted over health concerns

Tribunal finds that proceedings against Allen & Overy's Mark Mansell represented a 'significant risk to life'

Jan 14 2021 1:22pm

Linklaters reports latest gender and ethnicity pay gaps

Magic circle player reveals largely unchanged results

Jan 14 2021 11:30am

How should non-law students prepare for the SQE?

BARBRI managing director, Sarah Hutchinson, explains how universities and law firms should advise aspiring lawyers from non-law backgrounds on their future qualification path

Jan 14 2021 10:30am

Law Society president faces misconduct tribunal after High Court rules he has case to answer

David Greene denies allegation he deliberately misled judge and says he fully expects to be cleared

Jan 13 2021 11:29am

Speakers announced for The SQE Sessions

28 January virtual event marks super-exam launch year; speakers include key figures from law firms and legal education

Jan 13 2021 10:32am

The challenges and opportunities for Black lawyers in the COVID-19 era

Black lawyers and allies, of varying degrees of seniority, discuss their experiences during the pandemic

Jan 12 2021 2:53pm

City law firms increase lawyer leave in light of lockdown 3.0

'Lockdown leave' schemes aimed at working parents and carers

Jan 12 2021 11:20am

Revealed: Law firms’ average work from home start and finish times 2020-21

Everything has changed over the past 12 months -- but what about working hours for trainee and junior lawyers?

Jan 12 2021 9:14am