Tag: Solicitors

Clifford Chance lawyers on how COVID-19 is changing law and business
Four partners and a senior associate share their experiences advising clients on the frontline

Come into the office just 60% of the time, Herbert Smith Freehills tells lawyers
Benchmark set for post-pandemic operations

SRA reportedly probing Mishcon de Reya
City firm allegedly being investigated over two separate matters

Top government lawyer quits in Brexit row
Sir Jonathan Jones 'very unhappy' at Downing Street's decision to overwrite parts of Northern Ireland protocol, report claims

Life as a restructuring lawyer during a global crisis
Weil partner Matt Benson on helping businesses tackle the financial fallout from COVID-19

‘Extremely drunk’ senior partner fined £10k after kissing and touching paralegal in wine bar
Incident followed ‘extended lunch’ with colleagues

Weightmans retains 84% of trainees
16 out of 19

Hogan Lovells restarts lawyer salary reviews following COVID-19 suspension
Firm also reverses US associate pay reductions

Ex-Baker McKenzie boss Gary Senior — disciplinary ruling in full
Top lawyer handed £55,000 fine for trying to kiss junior colleague and influence subsequent investigation

Extinction Rebellion lawyers perform ‘theatrical and arrestable’ protest outside Law Society office
Follows demonstrations earlier this week

‘#ChangeTheRecord’: Bar Council retort goes viral as government doubles down on ‘activist’ lawyer-bashing
Senior minister Priti Patel reignites row

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