Tag: Solicitors

Council report reveals why Mishcon de Reya’s canteen was slammed by food hygiene inspectors
Mouse droppings and risk of contamination cited in findings

Equity partner profits fall at Linklaters despite revenue rise
Magic circle firm's bosses still on over £1.5 million

‘Technology won’t turn the world upside down overnight — but lawyers need to embrace the gradual change that is happening’
We spoke to Catherine Hammon, Digital Revolution Knowledge Lawyer at international legal practice Osborne Clarke

The Hearing Podcast: ‘Disability isn’t just sticks and wheelchairs’
Solicitor turned diversity champion Yasmin Sheikh shares her story

14 law firms named on 2018 social mobility power list
Top 10 spots for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Baker McKenzie

Social media is everywhere — but the law governing it remains a speciality form of practice: Here’s how to get into it
ULaw associate professor Peter Goodchild looks back on a career that began as an IP and IT lawyer in the City

Mishcon de Reya cuts billable targets by 20% to encourage tech-minded lawyers to be more innovative
Follows similar move by Reed Smith

The story of how 25-year-old City lawyers came to earn £143,000 a year
A handy video explainer

Top commercial barrister lands Attorney General role
As ex-Linklaters lawyer scoops Brexit secretary position

The best lawyer photos from London Pride ?️?
Includes wigs, top hats and law-themed jewellery

Exclusive: Junior lawyer tells MPs she was ‘sexually assaulted’ by magic circle partner
Associate 'felt compelled' to sign a NDA following the attack

HFW launches trainee-controlled Instagram account
You can now slide into an international law firm's DMs

Magic circle money mayhem! Average partner earnings at Allen & Overy and Freshfields edge towards £2 million
Eye-watering sums put MoneyLaw junior lawyer pay war in the shade

Taylor Wessing confirms Liverpool office launch as firm mulls training contract offering
The centre will open in September

7 things students need to do when applying for training contracts
Legal Cheek Careers meets BPP University LPC lecturer Charlie Radcliffe

Clifford Chance equity partners to earn an average of £1.6 million
First magic circle financials released

Herbert Smith Freehills boosts London junior lawyer pay by 13% to £93,000
Weeks after global giant hiked US associate salaries

From trainee to partner, and what I’ve learnt along the way
Baker McKenzie corporate partner Kirsty Wilson on her legal career and the advice she’d give to those just starting theirs
Jeremy Corbyn suggests decriminalising cannabis possession
But Labour leader stops short of saying we should legalise it completely

The diary of a client secondee
Mayer Brown junior lawyer Emma Sturt has recently returned from a secondment at Citibank, having spent six months at Wells Fargo during her training contract

‘There’s no such thing as success without hard work — in any walk of life, not just law’
Curiosity, open-mindedness and the ability to work as part of a team are also key differentiating traits, says Hogan Lovells litigator Rebecca Wales