Tag: Solicitors

Pro bono in action: How one global law firm is making a lasting impact

Pinsent Masons senior associate Meghan Higgins on the importance of pro bono and the skills it teaches junior lawyers

Oct 29 2024 8:39am

Autumn budget: Further cuts to justice ‘untenable’, Law Society warns

The Chancery Lane body says MoJ needs essential funding to address courts backlog

Oct 29 2024 8:38am
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‘The low SQE pass rate has me stressing’

One aspiring lawyer is eager to know what the most challenging part is and why

Oct 25 2024 9:22am
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SRA report: Over half of lawyers hold positive views on SRA

Quarter have negative opinion

Oct 24 2024 8:03am
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Travers launches ‘AI Academy’

New training initiative follows similar move by Linklaters

Oct 24 2024 8:02am
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Burges Salmon boosts Bristol NQ solicitor salaries to £72,000

Rises in Edinburgh and trainees too

Oct 23 2024 8:51am
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SRA still unable to confirm timeline for revealing SQE provider pass rates

Crucial comparison data was due by the end of 2023

Oct 22 2024 8:53am
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Law firms lead the way in latest social mobility index

Charity behind powerlist urges government to mandate class background reporting for big firms

Oct 21 2024 6:55am
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Who is claiming the biggest slice of the SQE prep market pie?

As a major law firm overhauls its SQE partnership, Legal Cheek assesses the battle for law school dominance

Oct 18 2024 8:41am
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The 3 I’s: Law Society unveils new AI strategy

'Innovation, impact and integrity'

Oct 17 2024 12:08pm

From rising football star to City law firm partner

Baker McKenzie’s Tom Edwards discusses his early sports career, the ‘buzz’ of exciting deals and wellbeing in law

Oct 17 2024 8:44am
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CMS bumps London NQ lawyer pay to £110k

Rises in regions too

Oct 16 2024 8:31am
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‘How I became fascinated with IP law’ — and what students who want to follow a similar path need to know

Bristows' Richard Pinckney discusses life in patent litigation and why science marries perfectly with the law

Oct 15 2024 9:39am

What aspiring lawyers need to know about energy law

CMS partner Matthew Brown discusses the evolution of energy law, the importance of diverse career experiences, and his advice for aspiring energy lawyers

Oct 14 2024 9:55am