Tag: Solicitors

Document deception sees trainee solicitor removed from profession
Rookie says he's learned from experience

Baker McKenzie bumps trainee pay by 7% as it confirms autumn retention score
£48,000 in year one, rising to £52,000 in year two

Herbert Smith Freehills offers £10,000 London GDL maintenance grant
£9,000 in the regions

Tech’s impact on access to justice blighted by ‘widespread confusion’, says Law Society
Technology has a role but it’s not the ‘silver bullet’

The move towards a greener future presents real opportunities for lawyers
From financing innovative tech solutions in Rwanda to working on large-scale solar energy projects, Norton Rose Fulbright lawyer Rosa Mottershead reflects on her career to date

Teenager admits murdering solicitor with screwdriver outside Newcastle shopping centre
Peter Duncan stabbed in 'chance encounter'

Ex-Akin Gump partner to face disciplinary tribunal over ‘amended’ taxi receipts and expense claims
US giant left 'deeply troubled'

Addleshaw Goddard bumps London NQ solicitor salaries by 7% to £75,000 as it ups training contract numbers
City player will now recruit 50 trainees annually

How Clifford Chance tapping into the tech revolution is helping fuel emerging markets
A panel of magic circle lawyers explain what’s happening on the ground

ULaw secures GDL and LPC training deal with national law firm TLT
Outfit takes on around 15 trainees each year

Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament unlawful, Scotland’s highest court rules
Supreme Court showdown next week
Linklaters ditches traditional training contract application to save students time
New online skills assessment will slash submission time from five hours to 90 minutes, says magic circle firm

New tribunal date set for Allen & Overy partner who helped draft Weinstein NDA
Mark Mansell to face SDT on 5 December

‘Hackers, hustlers and hipsters’ not enough to solve access to justice problems, argues top law prof
A ‘killer app’ is yet to emerge

‘Sex is fun, and I can get paid for it’, says criminal lawyer who side hustles as prostitute
Married mother Katherine Sears claims to have once made £44,500 in just three weeks

Accountancy giant Deloitte in ‘SQE training contract’ first
First ten up for grabs from today

Exclusive: City law firm ‘consortium’ prepares to appoint super-exam prep course provider
Linklaters latest to join influential group

My life as a leveraged finance lawyer
Weil, Gotshal & Manges banking & finance partner Tom Richards looks back on his career and offers advice to the next generation of lawyers

Ashurst keeps 20 out of 24 NQ solicitors as it bumps trainee pay by 5%
£46,000 in year one, rising to £50,000 in year two

‘Don’t stay too late’
A Monday cartoon courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor