Tag: Solicitors

A student’s diary of a virtual vacation scheme
Sophie Currie reflects on a jam-packed week at The Legal Cheek-ULaw Virtual Vacation Scheme

Mishcon lawyer named ‘one of the most-wanted singles in London’ enjoys date with pop singer
Tom Phillips and former The Saturdays star Una Healy went on a 'romantic evening out', report claims

Clifford Chance launches year-round global virtual work experience programme
Exclusive: New approach means there'll be no summer 2021 vacation scheme -- but magic circle firm will continue to offer some in-office internships

17 City law firms pledge to ‘identify and attack’ career obstacles facing BAME lawyers
New 'data-driven' approach

Clifford Chance keeps 36 out of 46 autumn qualifying trainee solicitors
Further two rookies retained on six-month deals

DWF pairs trainees with partners who qualified during 2008 financial crash to mentor them through COVID-19 uncertainty
37 rookies jostle for just 25 NQ jobs

RPC posts 92% autumn retention result
11 out of 12 stay on

Irwin Mitchell lawyers offered Zoom twerk class
Cancelled due to 'low engagement'

Vlogging future City trainee solicitor reflects on magic circle vac scheme rejection
Ali Obeid has since secured a TC with a top US law firm

Womble Bond Dickinson extends training contracts by six months in response to coronavirus
Exclusive: Firm also pushes back autumn TC start dates

Freshfields launches in Silicon Valley
Magic circle player moves into thriving San Fran tech hub

‘Can I do a UK training contract if I’m based overseas?’
We put one reader's question to the regulator

DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie latest to cut NQ pay
Both firms anticipate salary reviews in due course

Use government cash to fund training contracts, says Law Society
Chancery Lane lays out coronavirus recovery plan

Law Society renames ‘Old Bookshop’ in honour of first female solicitor
Prominent room will bear Carrie Morrison's name

BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000
Belt-tightening measures across the City continue

Travers Smith posts 89% trainee retention score
17 out of 19

Junior solicitor fined £10,000 over abusive messages to Bumble date
James Andrew Wilson reported himself to the SRA after malicious communications conviction

A snapshot of trainee life at an international law firm
Baker McKenzie beyond the graduate recruitment brochure

Macfarlanes ups TC numbers amid COVID-19 uncertainty
31 to 33 in response to firm growth