Tag: Solicitors
How Clifford Chance tapping into the tech revolution is helping fuel emerging markets
A panel of magic circle lawyers explain what’s happening on the ground
ULaw secures GDL and LPC training deal with national law firm TLT
Outfit takes on around 15 trainees each year
Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament unlawful, Scotland’s highest court rules
Supreme Court showdown next week
Linklaters ditches traditional training contract application to save students time
New online skills assessment will slash submission time from five hours to 90 minutes, says magic circle firm
New tribunal date set for Allen & Overy partner who helped draft Weinstein NDA
Mark Mansell to face SDT on 5 December
‘Hackers, hustlers and hipsters’ not enough to solve access to justice problems, argues top law prof
A ‘killer app’ is yet to emerge
‘Sex is fun, and I can get paid for it’, says criminal lawyer who side hustles as prostitute
Married mother Katherine Sears claims to have once made £44,500 in just three weeks
Accountancy giant Deloitte in ‘SQE training contract’ first
First ten up for grabs from today
Exclusive: City law firm ‘consortium’ prepares to appoint super-exam prep course provider
Linklaters latest to join influential group
My life as a leveraged finance lawyer
Weil, Gotshal & Manges banking & finance partner Tom Richards looks back on his career and offers advice to the next generation of lawyers
Ashurst keeps 20 out of 24 NQ solicitors as it bumps trainee pay by 5%
£46,000 in year one, rising to £50,000 in year two
‘Don’t stay too late’
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor
Stephenson Harwood retains 92% of autumn qualifying trainees
All bar one NQ stays put
Gina Miller loses High Court bid to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament
Next stop: the Supreme Court
Ropes & Gray ups London trainee pay by 10% to £55,000
Year one rookies receive £50,000 -- a 9% boost
Trainees must prepare for ‘culture shock’ of billable time recording, vlogging junior lawyer warns
Chrissie Wolfe’s latest vid helps new trainees 'smash' their time entries
Paralegal handed six-month suspended jail sentence for paperwork error has decision overturned on appeal
Original ruling not 'fair or transparent'
Gowling WLG ups London NQ solicitor pay by 8% to £71,000
Birmingham bunch also handed rises
First legal bid to stop Boris Johnson shutting down parliament fails
Cross-party group has already signalled intention to appeal
Trainee solicitor pleads guilty to rape and kidnap after police discover work ID at crime scene
Former Cripps aspiring lawyer attacked two women on the same night
China’s booming tech industry through the eyes of a Clifford Chance lawyer
Brian Harley discusses his route into law and what it’s like working at a magic circle firm in this ever-evolving practice area