Tag: Solicitors

‘Mobile phones were big black boxes and only four of us had a computer’

Michael Luckman, an intellectual property partner at Gowling WLG, reflects on trainee life in the eighties

Nov 13 2019 12:56pm

Legal Services Board: super-exam isn’t a done deal

Super-regulator flags concerns over quality and cost

Nov 13 2019 10:46am

Privacy, celebrities and the media

It's a fine balance between the freedom of the press and the privacy of individuals, says newly qualified solicitor Aisha Hussain

Nov 12 2019 10:10am

Why I joined a US law firm in London

Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘The rise of US law firms in London’, we speak to Shearman & Sterling lawyer Jonathan Swil

Nov 11 2019 3:03pm
Leigh Day soldiers solicitors

Bristol Uni law students offer free legal support to ex-service veterans

Advice on issues including housing, employment and social welfare

Nov 11 2019 12:23pm

Super-exam could damage ‘credibility’ of solicitor qualification, junior lawyers warn

JLD urges super-regulator to think carefully before giving new exam final sign-off

Nov 11 2019 10:57am

3 essential skills all junior lawyers must master

Law firm life can be tough, says Cleary Gottlieb associate Eloise Skinner. Here’s how to master it

Nov 11 2019 8:56am

Jury duty: reflections of a first year law student

Seeing law applied first-hand is an invaluable experience for aspiring lawyers, says law and history undergrad David Dee

Nov 8 2019 8:57am

6 areas future lawyers need to reflect on in order to stand out from the crowd

Pinsent Masons solicitors share their advice

Nov 7 2019 1:02pm

Cleary Gottlieb ups London junior lawyer pay by 11% to £133,000

US outfit's rookies handed extra cash too

Nov 7 2019 8:47am

What a greener future means for lawyers

Osborne Clarke environmental partner Matthew Germain shares his forecasts for the decade ahead

Nov 6 2019 12:37pm

Linklaters’ top brass see earnings jump by 17% as profit pot hits £25 million

Published accounts reveal eyewatering earnings

Nov 6 2019 11:06am

Top CPS lawyer scoops ULaw honorary doctorate

Eran Cutliffe appeared in BBC legal documentary The Prosecutors

Nov 6 2019 10:11am

A day in the life of a civil fraud lawyer

Practice area insight from RPC solicitors and Hardwicke barrister

Nov 5 2019 12:40pm
Barrister

Olympic bomb hoax barrister banned from legal profession

Michael Shrimpton, who was disbarred in 2018, subject to further regulatory action -- this time by the SRA

Nov 5 2019 10:24am

How I secured a training contract in the Edinburgh office of an international law firm

Matt Finnie, a second-year trainee at Addleshaw Goddard, on how to forge a career in the law

Nov 4 2019 1:50pm