Tag: Solicitors

Former The Apprentice star’s law app hits half a million pound funding mark
Family solicitor turned lawtech entrepreneur Lauren Riley appeared on the popular reality show four years ago

Freshfields leapfrogs to top of magic circle trainee pay table
Will others follow latest pay rise?

White & Case posts 84% autumn trainee retention score
There is a strong requirement for English-qualified lawyers despite Brexit uncertainty, says US megafirm

Big Four giant EY buys NewLaw firm Riverview and pledges to ‘disrupt’ legal market
Watch out, traditional law firms

An open letter to all trainees who weren’t retained this summer
Some of the best decisions people make are often forced on them, says career coach Husnara Begum

How I used the Equivalent Means route to qualify as a solicitor without doing a training contract
It’s a tough way in, but for those who want it enough this new way into the profession is a great opportunity, writes newly qualified solicitor Eman Hassan

Kirkland & Ellis retains all 10 qualifying trainees
US titan's London newbies will start on dollar-pegged salaries of £146,000

Corporate lawyer tells Mumsnet users to ask her anything — immediately regrets it
"Can I sue my neighbour because I don't like the look of her garden?'

Taylor Wessing boosts London NQ lawyer pay to £71,000
A rise of 13%

KWM takes up flash new office space in ‘Walkie-Talkie’ — 18 months after UK arm’s catastrophic collapse
Sixty trainees lost their jobs

The Hearing Podcast: Making a Murderer lawyer Dean Strang on Netflix fame
And what it's like being an unlikely international sex symbol

Clifford Chance ups training contract numbers from 80 to 95 in first magic circle increase since 2008 financial crisis
Exclusive: TCs soar by nearly 20% ?

SRA picks Kaplan to deliver new solicitor super-exam
Eight-year deal

Partners from US giant O’Melveny & Myers jet into London to hold mega-merger talks with Allen & Overy
Discussions reach 'due diligence stage', report claims

Clifford Chance launches lawtech training contract that leads to qualification as a solicitor
New scheme will run alongside firm’s conventional training contract

‘I’ve made my year’s earnings in a month’, says Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams
She's understood to have deals with a betting company and a number of top beauty brands

Taylor Wessing keeps 21 out of 23 autumn qualifying trainees
One associate-to-be is on a fixed term contract

Criminal solicitor struck off for submitting false invoices to law firms to help fund cocaine habit
He issued 40 fake invoices of £100 each

Junior lawyer MP ‘robustly’ denies lying about speeding
Commercial property law specialist charged with two counts of perverting the course of justice

Research: Law firms are failing to support qualifying trainees who aren’t kept on
Three quarters of rookie lawyers admit to having no back up plan

The internet, Mike Tyson and 90 Picasso paintings — life as a media and sports lawyer
A panel of top lawyers share their experiences