Tag: Solicitors

Top CPS lawyer scoops ULaw honorary doctorate
Eran Cutliffe appeared in BBC legal documentary The Prosecutors

A day in the life of a civil fraud lawyer
Practice area insight from RPC solicitors and Hardwicke barrister

Awkward typo spotted in ‘Thiry-Third Edition’ of contract law bible
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Olympic bomb hoax barrister banned from legal profession
Michael Shrimpton, who was disbarred in 2018, subject to further regulatory action -- this time by the SRA

How I secured a training contract in the Edinburgh office of an international law firm
Matt Finnie, a second-year trainee at Addleshaw Goddard, on how to forge a career in the law

BPP grad denied licence to practise law over LLM plagiarism
Applied for foreign lawyer status

It’s important to have a passion outside law
Hill Dickinson partner Ian Gillis on martial arts, Manchester and the importance of a commercial mindset

Super-exam pass rates could be higher than LPC, says boss of new SQE mega provider
Comments come after Linklaters training chief revealed fear that more magic circle rookies could fail SQE

Taylor Wessing lawyers open up about mental health
Partners and associates share experiences of handling stress at work

Swansea Uni-backed legal lab scoops £4 million in EU funding
New hub to support research and develop advances in lawtech, Welsh government says

‘My life as an environmental lawyer’
Burges Salmon associate Stephen Lavington reflects on his route into the law and offers advice to the next generation of lawyers

You’ve ‘wrecked’ my dream of becoming a lawyer: French LPC student blasts Boris’ Brexit vision in emotional open letter
PM is putting party and ego before national interests, Royal Holloway law grad claims

Black History Month: Why we must use it as a platform for action
Mayer Brown associate Edmund Bentsi-Enchill explains how it can help level the playing field for talented students

Fifth of law firms fail on money laundering rules, says SRA
Regulator to ramp up compliance checks in wake of review

Wrong type of lawyer
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

I felt a part of the firm from the moment I walked through the door
Ashurst’s Aneesa Khan reflects on life as a dispute resolution associate ahead of the firm's winter vac scheme deadline on 3 November