Tag: Solicitors

Ropes & Gray is unlikely victim of SpongeBob meme
'Oh, barnacles!' says firm

Slaughter and May posts first-ever tweet — 10 years after setting up account
Gordon Brown was PM and Black Eyed Peas topped the charts
Harassment reporting app and legal chatbot for people with learning disabilities among SRA tech challenge finalists
Eight teams secure £50,000 in funding

The 2020 Firms Most List goes live
Your ultimate, must-read guide to lawyer life at over 90 law firms

Nearly half of lawyers admit to slacking off at work
Lack of motivation cited as top reason

Labour to create 200-strong army of social welfare lawyers with £18 million training fund
Corbyn-led government also aims to restore legal aid cuts within first 100 days

‘Morning… how was your weekend?’
A Monday funny courtesy of The Sketching Solicitor

Reed Smith launches ‘innovation seats’ for London trainees
Follows appointment of new innovation chief

Weil lawyers consider what’s next for the global economy
Firm that acted for Lehman Brothers in 2008 looks back over last decade and forecasts what may be around the corner

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