Tag: Solicitors

Herbert Smith Freehills sets ethnicity goal for London NQ lawyers
Proportion of minority rookies retained to ‘at least equal’ proportion of minority rookies in each intake, says firm

Squire Patton Boggs to let lawyers work remotely up to 50% of time
Six-month trial coincides with City office move

Pinsent Masons partner lands top role at Oxford Uni
Lawyer David Isaac elected provost of Worcester College

A law student’s guide to overcoming ‘commercial unawareness’
Lawyers provide an overview of how the legal services market functions and explain their roles within it

Akin Gump drops A-Level requirement in diversity push
MoneyLaw training contract more attainable?

Skadden funds immigration law training contract in Manchester
US law firm's London office teams up with Legal Education Foundation

Home Office deletes ‘activist’ tweet amid complaints about ‘loudmouthed lawyers’ on social media
Post had been condemned by the department's top civil servant

‘I got 50% on the GDL — should I resit exams or move onto the LPC?’
I already have a 2:1 Scottish law degree

Ashurst keeps 18 out of 20 NQ solicitors
90% autumn score

Life as a magic circle partner… and how it’s changed due to the pandemic
Clifford Chance’s David Metzger discusses the challenges ahead for the construction industry, what the new era of big government means for law firms and why aspiring lawyers must become better listeners

Reed Smith cuts London lawyer roles in wake of pandemic
13 associates and six support staff redundant following review

Dechert boosts London NQ solicitor pay to £120,000
Despite COVID

Burges Salmon records 97% trainee retention score
29 out of 30

Majority of legal workers expect a pay rise within next year, study finds
One fifth feel confident in securing a promotion despite coronavirus effect on economy

Work remotely up to 50% of the time, Linklaters tells lawyers
Magic circle player to embrace WFH life post-COVID

How aspiring lawyers can better understand the legal market
Lawyer turned BPP University Law School training manager Natasha Saleh shares her advice to students looking to secure a training contract post-COVID

Linklaters rounds off magic circle retention season with 46 trainees staying on
One on fixed-term contract

Stephenson Harwood retains 11 out of 12 trainees in London
Three on fixed-term deals

Struck-off solicitor’s George Floyd comparison slammed by tribunal
Branded 'grossly offensive'

Furloughed trainee: ‘Should I get my pay rise?’
I am really confused

Osborne Clarke posts 96% trainee retention score
22 out of 23