Tag: Solicitors

Ropes & Gray law firm

Ropes & Gray combines contextual recruitment and CV blind in revamped trainee hiring process

US player will now recruit rookies exclusively from its vac scheme

Sep 24 2018 9:11am

Top Slaughter and May partner compares firm’s lawyers to ‘pack of wolves’

Taking the magic circle player's name a little too literally?

Sep 21 2018 9:39am
Norton Rose Fulbright lawyer

The lawyer tasked with re-imagining Norton Rose Fulbright for the AI age

It all began when a partner asked David Carter to write a report on potential innovations to improve efficiency

Sep 20 2018 3:25pm

London law firm advertises ‘voluntary’ three-month internship

It's unclear whether the role is paid or not

Sep 20 2018 8:59am
face meme angry

Research: Over 80% of lawyers ‘dislike’ lawyers

Half believe their co-workers are lazy

Sep 19 2018 12:20pm
DLA Piper lawyers money London

DLA Piper boosts junior lawyer pay to £77,000 as City rises continue

Global giant's trainees also handed extra cash

Sep 19 2018 9:03am
Violence Punch

A third of solicitors attacked or threatened, new research suggests

Vast majority of incidents took place within offices or a court

Sep 18 2018 1:41pm

Hogan Lovells partner ordered to pay £18,000 after sacking pregnant nanny

Employment tribunal judge finds City lawyer's nanny was unfairly dismissed

Sep 17 2018 4:25pm

Eversheds Sutherland bumps London NQ lawyer pay to £72,000

Trainees also handed pay boosts

Sep 17 2018 1:13pm
Lehman

How Lehman Brothers’ collapse paved the way for MoneyLaw and the minimum wage

2008 financial crisis shaped the legal profession as we know it

Sep 14 2018 8:40am

Bircham Dyson Bell and Pitmans to vote on £50 million tie-up

Firms reveal 'exploratory merger discussions'

Sep 12 2018 12:52pm
Beer

Solicitor fined £2,000 after being caught drink-driving THREE TIMES in just one month

Regulator tipped off about convictions by two members of the public

Sep 12 2018 11:21am
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner office London lawyer

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner posts 79% autumn retention score

Recently-merged global player retains 15 of its 19 rookies

Sep 11 2018 12:50pm

What commercial awareness is and what it should not be

Legal commentator and solicitor David Allen Green considers what this law firm buzzword actually means

Sep 7 2018 12:07pm
Training contract retention rate law students Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright unveils 90% autumn retention score

Global giant retains 28 out of 31 rookies

Sep 7 2018 9:20am

Allen & Overy releases partner gender pay gap data following criticism from MPs

Magic circle outfit publishes 2018 and 2017 results

Sep 6 2018 4:08pm

Allen & Overy and O’Melveny & Myers chiefs meet at Frankfurt hotel as mega-merger talks continue

Two months after representatives from both firms met in London

Sep 6 2018 10:19am

LawCatz: New TV chat show aims to demystify the legal world with the help of lawyers

Pilot to air on Sky next month, according to programme’s creator

Sep 6 2018 8:53am