Tag: Solicitors

What will the lawyer of the future look like?

Four experts explore the rise of NewLaw and consider the training options on the horizon

Jun 16 2020 1:00pm

New Instagram account allows City lawyers to anonymously submit their ‘juicy secrets’

'Magic Circle Confessions' launched earlier this month

Jun 16 2020 12:00pm

Dentons rolls out ‘track and trace’ system as it reopens London office

Will operate at 25% capacity with no movement between floors

Jun 16 2020 10:12am

Revealed: The practice areas most (and least) impacted by coronavirus

Lockdown has hit certain specialisms hardest -- but there are reasons for optimism, writes LexisNexis marketing chief Christopher O’Connor

Jun 16 2020 9:18am

Ban for rookie solicitor who ‘falsified’ LPC certificate to dupe regulator

Kulvinder Kooner was applying to be added to the roll

Jun 15 2020 10:53am

Ex-Baker McKenzie boss who attempted to kiss junior lawyer fined £55,000

Amounted to serious professional misconduct, tribunal finds

Jun 12 2020 4:04pm

Junior lawyers call for super-exam delay as it warns MCQs may be too easy

War of words between JLD and regulator rumbles on

Jun 12 2020 12:03pm

Uni law degrees don’t prepare grads for law firm life, report claims

Bosses bemoan 'basic grammatical mistakes' and lack of commercial awareness

Jun 12 2020 8:37am

Unexpected death of former Baker McKenzie chief was suicide, inquest hears

Paul Rawlinson took his own life at Swiss treatment centre

Jun 11 2020 11:59am

Taylor Wessing furloughs lawyers and green lights flexi-working scheme

Bonus payments will be split into two instalments

Jun 11 2020 11:22am

Mills & Reeve keeps 16 out of 18 autumn NQs

One on fixed-term deal

Jun 10 2020 12:04pm
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COVID-19, tech and the SQE — the top talking points from LegalEdCon 2020

Prominent figures from the world of law came together, virtually, to discuss how the impact of coronavirus and an increasing reliance on tech will shape the future of legal education and training, Sophie Currie reports

Jun 9 2020 12:45pm

Stephenson Harwood embraces earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships

City player also launches £15k a year scholarship fund in diversity push

Jun 9 2020 11:20am

CONFIRMED: This is what the new solicitor super-exam will look like

Two-part assessment to come into force from 1 September 2021 -- subject to LSB approval

Jun 8 2020 9:26am

Freshfields lawyers aghast after senior partner refers to ‘Blacks’ in firm-wide email

Boss Edward Braham apologises and says he is 'committed to learning from this'

Jun 5 2020 1:29pm

What does the future hold for Hong Kong’s global legal hub?

ULaw’s Peter Crisp shares his predictions for legal life after COVID-19

Jun 5 2020 11:03am

DWF defers training contract start dates by six months

Thirty-one new joiners will now start in February

Jun 5 2020 9:41am

Sidley Austin retains all 11 autumn NQ solicitors

One associate-to-be is on a fixed-term contract

Jun 4 2020 9:17am