Tag: Solicitors

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

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