Tag: Solicitors

Climate change and the law podcast: Clyde & Co lawyers share their views on fast-growing new area of practice
Ahead of the firm's vacation scheme application deadline on Sunday, solicitors provide key commercial awareness insights

A year in the world of Legal Cheek: The top 15 stories of 2019
Magic circle salaries, lavish lawyer Insta lifestyles and, of course, Lady Hale on the Tube

‘Eat a bowl of d*cks’: Judge demands resignation of lawyer who sent over 100 sweary emails to opposing legal team
Courtroom ding-dong -- US style

The best festive firs from across the legal profession ?
From law firm lobbies to Inns of Court of libraries... it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Legal technology: What does the next decade hold for law firms?
Three CMS lawyers share their thoughts

Eve Cornwell gives fans ‘unfiltered’ tour of Linklaters’ London office
On-site gym, coffee on tap, a pick-and-mix counter and piano recitals are just some of the perks seen at magic circle firm

Five reasons to do your training contract with a global law firm outside London
Lawyers from Addleshaw Goddard’s Leeds office make the case for starting your career in the North

Love Island 2019 champ Greg O’Shea says he wants to specialise in family law
Limerick law grad snubs post-Island influencer lifestyle

Why I wanted to become a lawyer
Solicitors from Eversheds Sutherland, Irwin Mitchell, Pinsent Masons and ULaw share the stories of their career journeys

Royal Opera row: hedge fund lawyer guilty of assault after punching fashion designer in dispute over spare seat
Attack occurred during performance of Wagner

What Boris Johnson’s big majority means for the legal profession and those seeking to enter it
Focus on innovation, the North and alternatives to higher education could impact lawyers

Richard Susskind: My case for online courts
Profession’s foremost technology expert offers up his digital vision of the future, in exclusive article for Legal Cheek

Five hot commercial awareness issues that future lawyers need to be thinking about
Lawyers from BARBRI, BCLP, Gowling WLG, Ropes & Gray and Squire Patton Boggs share their wisdom

Should junior City lawyers aim to save half their salary?
Rookie solicitors shouldn’t be 'owned by their lifestyle', says QC, as new MP, 23, pledges to give more than half of her salary to charity

Former Hill Dickinson solicitor leading race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader
Rebecca Long-Bailey also worked for Pinsent Masons and the now defunct Halliwells

Four fintech predictions from four seriously clued-up lawyers
Practice area insight from experts at Linklaters

Freshfields investigations partner leaves firm after investigation
Exit comes in same week magic circle player moved step closer to introducing fines for misbehaving lawyers

Revealed: The best law firms for peer support and partner approachability 2019-20
Winner to be announced at the Legal Cheek Awards on 26 March 2020, alongside a host of other categories

Solicitor revealed as owner of ‘rip-off’ driving licence renewal website leaves law firm
Property specialist Simon Button named in national newspaper

How technology is changing the business of law
Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers talk tech transforming the firm