Tag: Solicitors

From labs to law: Why I became an IP lawyer

Chemistry graduate turned Pinsent Masons intellectual property associate, Kirsteen McEwen, shares her career story, ahead of next week’s virtual event with STEM Future Lawyers

Oct 22 2020 3:46pm

Fieldfisher boss: ‘My heart drops when I see NQ lawyers in US firms earning more than some of our partners’

Six-figure pay packets 'unsustainable', agrees Pinsents senior partner

Oct 22 2020 1:47pm

Top London lawyer joked about KKK and groped member of staff, tribunal hears

Samuel Maurice Charkham fined £30,000

Oct 22 2020 12:12pm
High Court

Ex-Freshfields partner ‘caught on the shifting sands of attitudes towards sexual behaviour’, High Court told

Ryan Beckwith appealing £35,000 fine over drunken sexual incident with junior colleague

Oct 22 2020 11:15am

Allen & Overy kicks off pay gap reporting season

Magic circle outfit reveals a partner inclusive gender result of 59.9%

Oct 21 2020 1:39pm

SRA prosecutes former Hong Kong Law Society president over comments during public meeting

Lawyer and pro-Beijing politician Junius Ho is also qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales

Oct 21 2020 10:45am

Hogan Lovells announces new partner diversity targets

Global partnerships to be 15% ethnic minority and 4% LGBTQ+ by 2025

Oct 20 2020 1:30pm

Why diversity and inclusion must become a ‘critical business priority’

RPC employment partner Kelly Thomson explains how, as businesses plan for the future world of work, it is important they hold onto the lessons learnt during the pandemic

Oct 20 2020 11:16am

US law firm wooed magic circle partner with incredible annual package worth £5.3 million

Whopping sum guaranteed for three years, according to report

Oct 20 2020 10:18am

Law Society award named in honour of Salford Uni law student killed in drive-by shooting

Hogan Lovells' Sengova Kailondo scoops junior solicitor of the year gong in memory of Aya Hachem

Oct 19 2020 1:54pm

The ‘exciting and unusual’ caseload of a private wealth partner

Taylor Wessing’s Ronald Graham explains how the private wealth practice area is driving the COVID-19 recovery

Oct 19 2020 12:28pm

Over half of trainee solicitors ‘unable to cope with stress’ during lockdown

Report also finds most firms have struggled to train rookies remotely

Oct 19 2020 10:49am

Barrister who broke hotel receptionist’s jaw with hockey stick avoids disbarment

Felix Joel Evans is about to become a solicitor despite GBH conviction

Oct 16 2020 1:19pm

CMS lawyers talk remote-working, lawtech and the future of legal practice

A panel of experts reflect on a year of unprecedented twists and turns

Oct 16 2020 12:24pm

My life as an employment lawyer

Luke Bowery, partner at Burges Salmon, considers some of the current issues at play for employment lawyers in the wake of COVID-19 and recent widespread social movements

Oct 15 2020 11:33am

City law firms repay government furlough money

Norton Rose Fulbright, Herbert Smith Freehills and Osborne Clarke wind back cost-cutting measures after performance exceeds expectations

Oct 15 2020 9:22am

Majority of law school websites don’t mention SQE, research finds

Only 8% give some detail about new course provision

Oct 14 2020 12:18pm

The day-to-day life of a private equity partner explained

Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Gavin Gordon considers the opportunities for private equity clients post-COVID-19

Oct 14 2020 11:54am