Tag: Solicitors

From India’s biggest law school to Kirkland & Ellis private equity partner in London
Aprajita Dhundia shares her career story

Mental health charity LawCare teams up with Sheffield and Open University academics to launch wellbeing course
Free for law students and lawyers

Tribunal praises trainee solicitor who ‘picked up pieces’ after boss abandoned firm to go ‘travelling’
Rookie left to face 'angry clients'

Law, accountancy and teaching among most challenging professions to break into without a degree
New research on UCAS deadline day

From trainee to City law firm partner in ten years
Travers Smith’s Stephanie Lee reflects on her path to partnership and the high-stakes litigation that she’s worked on along the way

SRA issues alert after fraudsters impersonate City law firm partners in phishing scam
Hogan Lovells duo falsely named in emails

Slaughter and May scraps work ski trips following allegation of sexual harassment
Decision comes as part of wider review into firm social events

Let students lawyer-up for all university complaint hearings, urges barrister
Daniel Sokol says that many unis ban legal reps from attending

Alan Blacker slapped with nine-month suspended jail sentence for benefit fraud
Filmed driving miniature locomotives, despite claiming he needed round-the-clock care

Slaughter and May bumps associate pay by up to 8%
Rises follow last summer's improved six-figure packages for NQs

Barclays cuts ties with new online game that sees users play role of overworked lawyer
Creators claim it's a 'light-hearted' look at hours problem

City law firms siphoning work to regional hubs risk run-in with regulator, top academics warn
Big paying clients kept in dark over who is handling work as London players look to keep profits high

‘Should I tell my boss I’m taking time off to do a vac scheme?’
I work in the legal industry

The law firms with the swankiest offices in the UK
Cue major office envy

Ban for former DWF trainee solicitor who emailed client information to a mate
Haley Tansey now can't work for a law firm without regulator's say-so

Dry January: Put down the pint and pick up the paintball gun, junior lawyers told
JLD issue fresh alcohol guidance as it bans booze from events