Tag: Solicitors

Trainee pay at Sidley Austin hits £55,000

Rises of up to 7% for US outfit's London rookies

May 29 2019 8:57am

Law firm switches to four-day working week

But office open later into evening

May 28 2019 10:12am

Law firm criticised over trainee’s ‘imbecilic’ insult

Unnamed Brandsmiths rookie was responding to disclosure request

May 24 2019 12:16pm

High Court seeks junior lawyers for new judicial assistant scheme

A chance to get behind the scenes at the Royal Courts of Justice

May 24 2019 9:58am

Ban for trainee solicitor who turned up to police station with cocaine

Drove there while over the alcohol limit, according to SRA decision

May 23 2019 11:58am

2020s is the decade of legal change, says Richard Susskind

Exclusive interview: AI and online courts will flourish and replace 'old ways of working'

May 23 2019 8:33am

What it’s like to lead one of the UK’s first teaching law firms

Laura Pinkney, head of Nottingham Law School’s Legal Advice Centre, chats to Legal Cheek’s Aishah Hussain

May 21 2019 11:05am

Arrest warrant issued for barrister who harassed solicitor

Dr Aisha Bijlani allegedly bombarded Richard Howlett with emails, some abusive, after refusing to take her case pro bono

May 21 2019 10:37am

Why the SQE won’t change Russell Group law degrees

Ken Oliphant, head of Bristol University Law School, explains why he foresees only tweaks around the edges to the traditional LLB

May 20 2019 11:28am

‘We need a 50% target of women in all chambers’, says Charlotte Proudman

#MeToo pioneer calls for tougher sanctions for sexist behaviour

May 20 2019 10:21am

Why leaping into law as a career changer takes confidence

ULaw’s John Watkins talks transferrable skills and reveals how career changers can show risk-averse employers that they’re a safe option

May 17 2019 1:16pm

Cleary Gottlieb makes London paralegals redundant

Trainees to take on additional work

May 17 2019 11:35am

Question mark remains over super-exam Welsh translation

Failure to do so may be unlawful, academic claims

May 17 2019 8:44am

‘Tech doesn’t respect boundaries — it is universal and affects how we run all our practice areas’

Legal Cheek Careers chats to Clifford Chance partner and co-head of the technology practice, Jonathan Kewley, about the firm’s new lawtech training contract

May 16 2019 11:42am

I considered crashing my car just to take a week off, says bullied junior lawyer

Anyone who is 'a bit different' can become a target

May 16 2019 10:14am

Profession gears up for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Richard Susskind and Julie Brannan lead high profile speaker roster for next Wednesday’s event at Kings Place London

May 15 2019 12:06pm