Tag: Solicitors

Tens of thousands of magic circle email addresses and passwords discovered on Dark Web

Phishing scams and data theft loom as more than 80,000 lawyer credentials found online

Jan 23 2018 1:01pm

All experience is good experience for training contract hunters

From uni DJ to online sales consultant to gangland pro bono -- Womble Bond Dickinson's Sam Dixon sampled it all en route to becoming a restructuring lawyer

Jan 22 2018 3:54pm

Twitter explodes with inspirational #mypathtolaw stories

And some that aren't so inspirational

Jan 22 2018 11:55am

Dentons partner suspended following allegations of sexual misconduct

Claims date back to solicitor's time at Scottish outfit Maclay Murray & Spens

Jan 19 2018 12:23pm

Taylor Wessing lawyer who rowed Atlantic in memory of his mother breaks world record

The emotional story behind senior associate George Biggar’s transatlantic feat

Jan 18 2018 2:18pm

Over a third of trainee solicitors are being paid LESS than Law Society minimum wage

Law Society tells Legal Cheek salary recommendation is under review

Jan 18 2018 12:12pm

What I’ve learned as a lawyer in the magic circle, a US firm and now at PwC

Keily Blair looks back on a high-flying career to date -- that began unconventionally with moving country to study a law degree aged 17 at a non-Russell Group University

Jan 17 2018 1:57pm

Clifford Chance and Freshfields boost LPC grants by 43%

Exclusive: £3,000 more than Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Slaughter and May

Jan 16 2018 3:29pm

What we learned about fintech from some of the biggest brains at Clifford Chance

Technology presents both risks and opportunities to traditional financial institutions -- and their lawyers need to help them stay ahead of the curve

Jan 16 2018 2:36pm

I run my own business and I’m worried it will impact my training contract chances

I don't want firms to think I won't accept authority

Jan 16 2018 1:32pm

The Brexit effect? Top US law firm offers Dublin training contracts

Thankfully this won’t impact Dechert's London trainee numbers

Jan 12 2018 2:40pm

City law chiefs want all future trainees to sit super-exam from 2022

Despite SRA suggesting transitional period could run into 2030s

Jan 12 2018 1:57pm

Event: Technology and the future of legal practice — with Womble Bond Dickinson in Leeds

Apply to attend Legal Cheek's latest free student event

Jan 11 2018 4:03pm

Don’t leave trainees in retention limbo, Law Society tells firms

Rookies should know whether they're hired or fired at least eight weeks before qualification

Jan 11 2018 11:15am

Tech is changing law firms but they will always need grounded, intelligent people who give meaning to things through language

Travers Smith’s Emily Clark tells Alex Wade about what she has learned on her path from Oxford history graduate to City law firm partner via a stint working in the charity sector

Jan 10 2018 3:44pm

Solicitor whose firm went under owing £200,000 in barrister fees struck off

His actions were ‘deliberate, calculated and repeated’

Jan 10 2018 2:56pm