Tag: Solicitors

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

Black Solicitors Network urges law firm leaders to ‘walk the talk’ on diversity
'Turn positive intentions into positive action and create a level playing field for all,' group writes

Clifford Chance is latest magic circle firm to cut NQ solicitor pay
Follows moves made by Slaughters and A&O

Ban for ex-law firm office worker who set up spy cam in Starbucks toilet
Antony Dines also said to have recorded colleagues at work

ULaw announces proposed super-exam training deal with Sheffield Uni
Will also deliver LPC and GDL

Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%
COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease

Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic
Also implements reduced working week option