Tag: Solicitors

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

Linklaters rounds off magic circle autumn retention season with 73% score
Global titan keeps 43 out of 59 qualifying trainees

Mayer Brown boosts junior lawyer pay to £78,000
Trainee salaries and LPC maintenance grant also up

Junior lawyer leaves Slaughter and May after signing for Juventus
And lands sports writing gig with a national newspaper

You can now teach your children the ABCs of law
From A is for attorney to Z is for zealous advocacy

Bookie slashes odds for Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams to enter I’m a Celeb jungle
Could the reality TV star be Oz bound?

‘It took me finding a training contract to discover what commercial awareness actually is’
A first-seat trainee on what she learnt along the way

Howard Kennedy brought in to prepare legal action for cave diver branded a ‘pedo’ by tech billionaire Elon Musk
City outfit’s top libel lawyer Mark Stephens named on pre-action letter

Law student receives absolutely brutal vac scheme rejection email
Was it justified?

Norton Rose Fulbright, Travers Smith and Ashurst increase trainee and junior lawyer salaries
All three outfits now in £75k-£80k range

Event: Re-imagining global law firms through legal design — with Norton Rose Fulbright
Top lawyers share their thoughts on integrating lawtech, innovation hubs and more; students ask the questions

You can take a tour of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal from the comfort of your own home
There are a lot of chairs

White & Case boosts LPC grant by 40% to £10,500
Surpasses recent uplifts by a host of top City firms

Slaughter and May boosts London trainee pay for the second time this year
Uplifts of between 2% and 4%

Film review: The Children Act
'I loved the quiet and careful cameos by those unseen people who make our legal system work', says barrister and writer Sarah Langford

Once-aspiring City lawyer who rejected Slaughter and May training contract stars in new Hollywood blockbuster
Gemma Chan appears in Crazy Rich Asians

Freshfields keeps 34 out of 41 London qualifying trainees
Autumn retention score of 83%

CMS and Macfarlanes up junior lawyer pay as City duo confirm autumn trainee retention scores
NQ salaries now sit at £70k and £80k

Life as a Clifford Chance lawyer on the tech frontline — and how you can become one too
A sneak preview of the hints and tips magic circle associate Jamie Andrew will share at Legal Cheek’s ‘Artificial intelligence and the law’ event next month

No-deal Brexit could cost legal sector £3 billion, Law Society warns
Chancery Lane's number crunchers paint a bleak picture

Addleshaw Goddard to offer six-month lawtech seats to trainee lawyers
The option will form part of the outfit's standard training contract