Tag: Solicitors

How to secure a training contract at a global law firm in Hong Kong
Five industry experts share their top tips

Senior CPS lawyer referred to regulator over far-right Facebook posts
Defence lawyers complain after spotting Britain First petition on government solicitor's feed

‘Should I work as a paralegal at the firm I’ve secured a training contract with?’
I planned to fill the gap with legal work but the job market is flat so options are limited, writes one Legal Cheek reader

Hogan Lovells cuts NQ pay and freezes salaries for some trainees
Exclusive: Second year rookies to remain on first year salaries

Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k
Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut

Pregnant law firm partner calls out top QC for ‘every day sexism’
DWF's Naomi Pryde says unnamed silk contacted a male junior lawyer about her case, assuming she'd be 'indisposed'

How training contract hunters can stand out from the crowd after COVID-19
ULaw’s director of employability John Watkins discusses the importance of being productive and why future lawyers must exude web-cam confidence

CMS posts 72% trainee retention score
44 out of 61

Allen & Overy reopens City HQ on ‘permission-only basis’
Distancing measures put in place

What will the lawyer of the future look like?
Four experts explore the rise of NewLaw and consider the training options on the horizon

New Instagram account allows City lawyers to anonymously submit their ‘juicy secrets’
'Magic Circle Confessions' launched earlier this month

Dentons rolls out ‘track and trace’ system as it reopens London office
Will operate at 25% capacity with no movement between floors

Revealed: The practice areas most (and least) impacted by coronavirus
Lockdown has hit certain specialisms hardest -- but there are reasons for optimism, writes LexisNexis marketing chief Christopher O’Connor

Ban for rookie solicitor who ‘falsified’ LPC certificate to dupe regulator
Kulvinder Kooner was applying to be added to the roll

Ex-Baker McKenzie boss who attempted to kiss junior lawyer fined £55,000
Amounted to serious professional misconduct, tribunal finds

Junior lawyers call for super-exam delay as it warns MCQs may be too easy
War of words between JLD and regulator rumbles on

Uni law degrees don’t prepare grads for law firm life, report claims
Bosses bemoan 'basic grammatical mistakes' and lack of commercial awareness

Unexpected death of former Baker McKenzie chief was suicide, inquest hears
Paul Rawlinson took his own life at Swiss treatment centre

Taylor Wessing furloughs lawyers and green lights flexi-working scheme
Bonus payments will be split into two instalments

Mills & Reeve keeps 16 out of 18 autumn NQs
One on fixed-term deal