Tag: Solicitors

Ashurst boosts newly-qualified solicitor pay by 8% to £82,000
Salaries could swell to over £94,000 with maximum bonuses

Is the artificial intelligence emperor wearing any clothes?
An anonymous associate at a leading City of London law firm notes a disconnect between their experience on the ground and the tech marketing noise

Clyde & Co partner sacked over ‘inappropriate behaviour’ following internal investigation
Report claims senior lawyer encouraged colleagues to accompany him to strip clubs

IBA Conference: ‘Lawyers just don’t do emotion’, says leading behavioural expert
Law is the last profession to embrace emotional intelligence

Review reveals ‘shortcomings’ in Baker McKenzie’s handling of sex assault allegation
The victim reportedly received a payout and entered into a confidentiality agreement

Reed Smith keeps 10 out of 13 autumn NQs
As applications for TCs at the international outfit soar by 54%

British lawtech entrepreneur launches app that lets you swipe right to ‘sue anyone’
Legal action for the Tinder generation?

Successful lawyers are good at the basics
Apply the law and understand your client’s business and you will do well whatever changes technology brings, says RPC's Dan Guilfoyle

8 City law firms pledge to improve lawyer wellbeing
On World Mental Health Day

IBA Conference: Law firms’ offices need to take account of millennials’ priorities, says top architect
Successful spaces will be designed to offer 'lifestyle' not just a place to work

Legal consultant fined £2,000 for leaving confidential client papers in his front garden
His current whereabouts are unknown

Ashurst keeps 19 out of 21 qualifying trainees
Autumn retention score of 90%

11 things law students need to know about legal design
Members from Norton Rose Fulbright’s innovation team share their insights on the hot commercial awareness topic of 2018

Lawyers discuss stolen ruby slippers, Van Gogh and Boy George’s Christian icon as IBA Conference kicks off in Rome
Six thousand descend on Italian capital for week-long law 'mingle-athon'

Transgender lawyer sues Father Ted creator for allegedly publishing tweets containing her former male name
It is understood to be UK’s first 'deadnaming' case

Legal Entrepreneurs Podcast: From Linklaters lawyer to CrowdJustice pioneer
Julia Salasky talks law and business

SRA awarded £700,000 to fund ‘robolawyer’ projects
Taxpayers' cash will help support AI innovations within the legal services sector

Free Representation Unit teams up with The Secret Barrister in new CrowdJustice appeal
Blogging heavyweight becomes legal charity's first anonymous patron

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner gives law students a taste of trainee life with virtual reality goggles
It's not the first time a City law firm has embraced headset-style tech