Tag: Solicitors
Students can spend upwards of £1,000 appealing SQE results
Cash refunded if errors are found
The pitfalls every law career changer must avoid
ULaw careers expert Anne Petrie explains what you need to know before making the leap, ahead of her virtual appearance at tomorrow's career changers event
Linklaters elects first female senior partner
Aedamar Comiskey joined the firm as trainee almost 30 years ago
Ropes & Gray set to ditch 5-day in-office week for UK associates
US player latest to adopt more flexible approach to lawyering
Fraudsters impersonate magic circle law firm on WhatsApp
Fake Linklaters texts concern a 'foreign business transaction'
Clifford Chance launches virtual work experience for sixth form students
Magic circle giant reaches out to 16-18 year olds
How to prepare for SQE success
Ahead of LegalEdCon 2021 next week, The College of Legal Practice’s head of curriculum, Jane Waddell, explains why the new route to solicitor qualification requires careful, well thought out planning and prep
Norton Rose Fulbright nudges NQ solicitor pay to £85k following Covid cuts
Rise falls short of pre-pandemic rate
Bakers restores NQ solicitor pay to pre-pandemic £90k
City outfit cut salaries by £2.5k last summer
Hogan Lovells launches trainee mentoring scheme to boost retention of BAME lawyers
Group sessions to cover topics including 'relationship building' and 'overcoming Imposter Syndrome'
Linklaters to fund SQE prep courses for refugee lawyers
Through tie-up with BARBRI and charity Breaking Barriers
Osborne Clarke hands staff a slice of the profits as Shoosmiths says ‘thank you’ with bonuses
Lockdown rewards continue
DLA Piper launches solicitor apprenticeship for school-leavers
Six-year programme starts in September from firm's Manchester office
From homeless law student to magic circle trainee
A&O rookie and YouTuber Tashan Dwyer sits down with Legal Cheek to reflect on the challenges he's had to overcome to realise his lawyer dream
Watch now: A vlogger’s guide to a spring virtual vacation scheme
Chloe Moran shares her experience at the Legal Cheek and ULaw week-long Virtual Vacation Scheme 2021
City law firms take nine spots in ‘Top 50 Employers for Women’ list
Recognised for paving the way towards gender-equal workplaces
Clifford Chance to allow lawyers to work remotely up to 50% of the time
New policy comes into effect once Covid restrictions are lifted on 21 June
Teen charged with junior lawyer’s murder
Khuram Javed shot dead in Sheffield earlier this month
Slaughter and May pushes ahead with associate salary rises
Magic circle player also restarts staff pay reviews as part of an easing of financial measures put in place during the pandemic
Pressure to generate returns forces listed law firms to think outside the box
Investors aren’t interested in how many offices firms have got or other traditional prestige metrics
Mishcon de Reya poised for stock market flotation in move which would see trainees and junior lawyers become shareholders
Could take place later this year