Tag: Solicitors

Virtual Legal Cheek Awards: Shortlist announced for Firm of the Year
Winner to be announced at exclusive online ceremony tonight from 6pm

Exclusive: City law firms to cover vac schemers wasted expenses amid COVID-19 disruption
Large number of spring programmes put on hold

Taylor Wessing extends meditation app to future trainees as it ramps up wellbeing support for home-working lawyers
City outfit set to launch virtual yoga and Skype choir sessions

Freshfields lawyer exits following internal investigation
Second disputes partner to depart in three months

Stephenson Harwood keeps 9 out of 12 spring qualifying trainees
A result of 75%

The 10 best legal social media users of 2020
Starring the 'vlawgers' and legal influencers bringing life to the law

How to manage your mental health as a junior lawyer
Lawyers and wellbeing experts offer up their tips and advice

LPC exam delays will have ‘serious implications’ for training contract holders, junior lawyers warn
Junior Lawyers Division offers up alternatives including online exams and coursework

Number of lawyers using AI tech remains low, Oxford Uni research finds
Hype not matching reality

COVID-19: MoJ lists which lawyers are ‘key workers’
Their children can attend school or nursery from today

London Legal Walk postponed until October
Coronavirus: Annual charity outing was due to take place in June

Revealed: The law firms with the best canteens
Salad bars, coffee on tap and an in-house pastry chef! Your lowdown on the law firms keeping lawyers' rumbling tummies at bay

Wealthy partners work from home while lowest paid staff are forced into the office, legal union claims
Legal Sector Workers United brands pandemic response a 'classist allocation of risk'

Don’t let students sit exams at home, SRA tells law schools
Regulator says supervised assessments must be maintained

IBA: Assange treatment during extradition hearing ‘reminiscent of Abu Ghraib’ prison scandal
International Bar Assocation compares Wikileaks founder's 'mistreatment' to torture of Iraqi detainees

How to get ahead in the training contract race
A panel of experts share their thoughts

Coronavirus: Linklaters postpones insight scheme as Taylor Wessing closes London office after employee tests positive
Host of City players trial remote working capabilities in wake of pandemic

‘Paralegal or legal directory researcher: which role will help me secure a City law TC?’
I have to accept one soon

There’s an ‘Allen & Over It’ Instagram account poking fun at City law
Follows similar 'Slaughtered and Dismayed' meme page

66-year-old solicitor removed from profession for trying to kiss teenage girl in pub
William Herbert Black struck off over 'thoroughly unpleasant incident'