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

Sep 11 2020 12:21pm

Come into the office just 60% of the time, Herbert Smith Freehills tells lawyers

Benchmark set for post-pandemic operations

Sep 11 2020 10:24am

SRA reportedly probing Mishcon de Reya

City firm allegedly being investigated over two separate matters

Sep 10 2020 1:59pm

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

Sep 8 2020 3:16pm

Life as a restructuring lawyer during a global crisis

Weil partner Matt Benson on helping businesses tackle the financial fallout from COVID-19

Sep 8 2020 2:45pm

‘Extremely drunk’ senior partner fined £10k after kissing and touching paralegal in wine bar

Incident followed ‘extended lunch’ with colleagues

Sep 8 2020 10:34am

Weightmans retains 84% of trainees

16 out of 19

Sep 8 2020 9:11am

Hogan Lovells restarts lawyer salary reviews following COVID-19 suspension

Firm also reverses US associate pay reductions

Sep 7 2020 9:10am

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

Sep 4 2020 2:44pm

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

Sep 4 2020 10:06am

Squire Patton Boggs to let lawyers work remotely up to 50% of time

Six-month trial coincides with City office move

Sep 4 2020 7:58am

Pinsent Masons partner lands top role at Oxford Uni

Lawyer David Isaac elected provost of Worcester College

Sep 3 2020 12:01pm

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

Sep 2 2020 10:28am

Akin Gump drops A-Level requirement in diversity push

MoneyLaw training contract more attainable?

Sep 2 2020 9:23am

Skadden funds immigration law training contract in Manchester

US law firm's London office teams up with Legal Education Foundation

Sep 1 2020 11:22am

Home Office deletes ‘activist’ tweet amid complaints about ‘loudmouthed lawyers’ on social media

Post had been condemned by the department's top civil servant

Aug 28 2020 12:04pm

‘I got 50% on the GDL — should I resit exams or move onto the LPC?’

I already have a 2:1 Scottish law degree

Aug 28 2020 10:28am

Ashurst keeps 18 out of 20 NQ solicitors

90% autumn score

Aug 28 2020 8:17am

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

Aug 27 2020 12:14pm