Tag: Solicitors

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

Travers Smith posts perfect 100% retention score
All 21 qualifying trainees staying put

Family solicitor suspended from practice for glassing ex-boyfriend
She was convicted of ABH

Exclusive interview: Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams says she’s not ruling out a return to the law
‘Legally Brunette’ Rosie shares insights into her very glam life

7 things career changers can do to secure a training contract
ULaw careers consultant Candy Kobrak discusses transferable skills and application technique

Slaughter and May keeps 32 out of 37 qualifying trainees
Autumn score of 86%

8 essentials for last-minute training contract applicants
How to be smart and maximise your chances

My journey from marketing executive to trainee City lawyer
'It’s nerve-wracking, and you shouldn’t take the decision lightly,' says Shearman & Sterling rookie Jessica Stanion

City law: Is the juice worth the squeeze?
A trio of leading City lawyers, legal educators and diversity organisations come together for an evening of careers advice and networking

City firm financials: Mishcon de Reya, DAC Beachcroft and Gowling WLG release results
Mixed fortunes for corporate trio

Clifford Chance becomes first magic circle firm to reveal autumn retention score — 77%
Canary Wharf-based giant keeps 36 out of 47 NQs

Tommy Robinson attended media law ‘training session’ at Kingsley Napley
Court of Appeal reserves decision over former EDL leader's claim that 13-month sentence is excessive

City law firms dominate LGBT global employers power list
Stonewall’s index celebrates the efforts of organisations to create inclusive workplaces

Pinsent Masons hammered by High Court for ‘shameful’ treatment of dead oligarch’s family
International outfit accused of losing 'sight of any basic standard of decent and compassionate behaviour' in astonishing Aeroflot judgment

Eversheds Sutherland signs deal with Slaughter and May-backed artificial intelligence software
Luminance was developed by Cambridge boffins

SRA issues warning over scam emails misusing the names Osborne Clarke and Herbert Smith Freehills
It's not the first time that a firm's identity has been used in this way

City law firms want junior lawyers who are resilient and flexible — but they’re less concerned about tech skills
Over 200 industry insiders questioned as part of Legal Cheek's Future of Legal Education and Training Conference

Show me the money! City law firm partners celebrate skyrocketing profits
Macfarlanes, Travers Smith, Addleshaw Goddard, Clyde & Co and Mills & Reeve post strong financial results

Legal profession ‘poorly equipped’ to help disabled training contract and pupillage hunters
Level of support remains 'a lottery', new research suggests

Event: How to get into law as a career changer — with Irwin Mitchell, PwC and Shearman & Sterling
Hear from lawyers who’ve done it