Tag: Solicitors

Two months into her training contract and Eve Cornwell reveals what magic circle trainee life is like
Busy rush hour commutes, free breakfast, two mobile phones and getting to grips with time recording

Why the SQE could be ‘the best thing to happen to university legal education in decades’
The head of Leicester De Montfort Law School, Professor Kevin Bampton, welcomes the scrapping of the LPC

Some pieces of wisdom for future lawyers to take with them as they apply for TCs
Advice from BARBRI, Hill Dickinson, Irwin Mitchell, Linklaters and Pinsent Masons

City lawyers are just like people selling fruit on a market stall
Phil Sanderson, co-chair of the global private equity transactions group at Ropes & Gray, gives his own take on commercial awareness

STEM Future Lawyers and BPP launch 2020 GDL scholarship
Applications now open for science students interested in law

7 pieces of #BoomerAdvice — law edition
'OK, Boomer' ?

‘Mobile phones were big black boxes and only four of us had a computer’
Michael Luckman, an intellectual property partner at Gowling WLG, reflects on trainee life in the eighties

Legal Services Board: super-exam isn’t a done deal
Super-regulator flags concerns over quality and cost

Privacy, celebrities and the media
It's a fine balance between the freedom of the press and the privacy of individuals, says newly qualified solicitor Aisha Hussain

Why I joined a US law firm in London
Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘The rise of US law firms in London’, we speak to Shearman & Sterling lawyer Jonathan Swil

Bristol Uni law students offer free legal support to ex-service veterans
Advice on issues including housing, employment and social welfare

Super-exam could damage ‘credibility’ of solicitor qualification, junior lawyers warn
JLD urges super-regulator to think carefully before giving new exam final sign-off

3 essential skills all junior lawyers must master
Law firm life can be tough, says Cleary Gottlieb associate Eloise Skinner. Here’s how to master it

Enough about Brexit and lawtech: climate change is the ‘mega theme’ on every energy and infrastructure lawyer’s lips
Mark Richards, a partner at BCLP, reflects on his time at the firm

Jury duty: reflections of a first year law student
Seeing law applied first-hand is an invaluable experience for aspiring lawyers, says law and history undergrad David Dee

6 areas future lawyers need to reflect on in order to stand out from the crowd
Pinsent Masons solicitors share their advice

London law firm senior partner fined for failing to ID driver of speeding company car
£900 and six penalty points

Cleary Gottlieb ups London junior lawyer pay by 11% to £133,000
US outfit's rookies handed extra cash too

What a greener future means for lawyers
Osborne Clarke environmental partner Matthew Germain shares his forecasts for the decade ahead

Linklaters’ top brass see earnings jump by 17% as profit pot hits £25 million
Published accounts reveal eyewatering earnings