Tag: Solicitors

City law firms give insights into SQE plans
Legal Cheek-BARBRI super-exam survey results revealed

Vicarious liability in the Supreme Court spotlight
Birmingham Uni law student Olivia Gladstone looks at the recent high-profile tort cases involving Morrisons and Barclays

Eversheds Sutherland launches chatroom app to combat lawyer loneliness during lockdown
Open House features range of discussion areas including wellbeing, hobbies and kidzone

Top City firms freeze junior lawyer pay in response to virus pandemic
HSF, Freshfields and A&O among outfits to introduce belt-tightening measures

COVID-19: Clifford Chance summer vacation scheme goes virtual
New online offering to feature networking sessions, cooking and yoga classes too

Magic circle firms reveal gender pay gap results
As government confirms reporting requirements scrapped in light of COVID-19 outbreak

Coronavirus has got nothing on the 2008 financial crisis, says ex-Clifford Chance boss
Tony Williams reckons the pandemic is less of a threat to law firms than the crash

Newly qualified solicitor struck off over lost work briefcase
Junior lawyer's fate was sealed when she lied to colleagues about the incident

Lawyers lead country as Raab steps in for hospitalised PM and Starmer wins Labour crown
Ex-Links associate and Doughty Street barrister in the spotlight

Trainees flock home to mum and dad amid coronavirus pandemic
Be a magic circle hotshot from your childhood bedroom

Video: Legal life before and after COVID-19
From City law to social distancing

‘Will coronavirus cost me my magic circle TC?’
I'm due to start in August 2022

Norton Rose Fulbright asks lawyers to work four-day week in response to virus crisis
Global giant adopted similar measures during 2008-9 financial crisis

COVID-19: What it means for aspiring lawyers
Commercial insights and careers advice courtesy of four experts

Law under lockdown: Junior lawyers share their home-working experiences
Some love it, some not so much…

Get supermarket staff to witness your legal docs during lockdown, says law firm
Does COVID-19 advice miss the mark?

Exclusive: Bat appreciation group threatens legal action over COVID-19 source claims
Online assertions based on evidence that isn't 'ultra-sound', claims group's chairman

Meet the pioneers shaking up the legal industry
This month’s launch event shone a spotlight on stars from Cleary Gottlieb, Reed Smith, Clyde & Co, 11KBW and Obelisk

Private school kids continue to dominate corporate law
'Much more work to be done', says SRA chief

Remote hearings resource hub launches in wake of virus pandemic
Richard Susskind-led platform comes as lawyers turn to tech to keep justice system functioning

Lawyers working from home urged to donate commute savings to COVID-19 charities
Herbert Smith Freehills associate says City professionals are inadvertently saving up to 13 quid a day