Tag: Solicitors

No sanction for trainee solicitor who inflated billing hours
Tribunal finds rookie was not dishonest

SRA reveals SQE exam cost of £3,980 as it extends transitional arrangements in response to COVID-19
Total fee doesn't include prep course costs

9 City law firms make gender equality employer list
Recognised for creating workplace environments inclusive of women

Latest financials reveal mixed fortunes for City firms
Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons, Clyde & Co, RPC and HFW among those to post 2020 results

Herbert Smith Freehills: Partner profits slip by nearly 10% to £857,000
Taylor Wessing also records drop

Junior solicitor struck off for trying to cover up costs order against her client
Newly qualified Katherine Gilroy said her mental health had suffered from overwork

Home-working: Older solicitors more likely to struggle with tech compared to younger colleagues, research finds
Do you know your Zoom from your Hangouts?

Freshfields posts 84% trainee retention score
Declines to say if any NQs are on fixed-term deals

The opportunities for future City lawyers in a post-COVID world
Three associates from the London offices of Freshfields, Baker McKenzie and Reed Smith join a ULaw careers expert to share advice

Beware the legal outsourcing second wave, junior City lawyers
What comes after the pandemic may not be good for MoneyLaw salaries

US law firm Crowell & Moring to recruit first London trainee
Inaugural rookie will complete 'non-rotational' TC

Corporate law firm pledges to donate all profits to charity — forever
Aria Grace Law looks to ‘spread the wealth’

WFW pauses recruitment for direct TC applicants as it announces 94% autumn retention
Exclusive: Watson Farley & Williams to review process and will resume once able to run assessment centres effectively

Magic circle partner reveals how home-working has changed his life for the better
A&O funds lawyer Paul Sampson says he can now have dinner with his wife and read his kids a bedtime story

Irwin Mitchell retains 47 out of 52 autumn NQ solicitors
Strong 90% score follows firm's decision to delay start dates of future trainees

‘Kirkland & End It’ is the latest corporate law meme account poking fun at the profession
Is this a new social media trend?

US firms hold the MoneyLaw line
Akin Gump, Vinson & Elkins, Sidley and Debevoise have 'no plans' to reduce London trainee or NQ pay

Partner profits at Freshfields dip to £1.82 million as revenue creeps up 3%
Magic circle player cites 'challenging economic climate'

Allen & Overy posts 93% autumn retention score
38 out of 41 trainees stay on

Ashurst keeps profit per equity partner above £900k and holds NQ pay steady despite COVID-19 disruption
As silver circle firm opts against NQ summer pay increase

Average partner earnings at Clifford Chance hit £1.69 million
Revenues up too despite pandemic