Tag: Solicitors

General election 2019: Oxford educated ex-Slaughter and May lawyers go head-to-head in Middlesbrough

Former magic circle duo even attended the same private school

Nov 19 2019 12:48pm

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

Nov 19 2019 10:51am

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

Nov 19 2019 9:13am

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

Nov 18 2019 2:04pm

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

Nov 15 2019 1:00pm

STEM Future Lawyers and BPP launch 2020 GDL scholarship

Applications now open for science students interested in law

Nov 15 2019 11:00am

‘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

Nov 13 2019 12:56pm

Legal Services Board: super-exam isn’t a done deal

Super-regulator flags concerns over quality and cost

Nov 13 2019 10:46am

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

Nov 12 2019 10:10am
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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

Nov 11 2019 3:03pm
Leigh Day soldiers solicitors

Bristol Uni law students offer free legal support to ex-service veterans

Advice on issues including housing, employment and social welfare

Nov 11 2019 12:23pm

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

Nov 11 2019 10:57am

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

Nov 11 2019 8:56am

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

Nov 8 2019 8:57am

6 areas future lawyers need to reflect on in order to stand out from the crowd

Pinsent Masons solicitors share their advice

Nov 7 2019 1:02pm

Cleary Gottlieb ups London junior lawyer pay by 11% to £133,000

US outfit's rookies handed extra cash too

Nov 7 2019 8:47am