Tag: Solicitors

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

Magic circle duo join the MoneyLaw madness
Allen & Overy and Linklaters latest to pay US newly qualified lawyers eye-watering figure that works out just shy of £150k
Share dealing begins in stock market-listed law firm
Knights to recruit 200 more fee earners but remains silent on possible training contract increases

Why future lawyers need to be open-minded and flexible
The University of Law's Russell Binch counsels against a single, definitive notion of how your career will pan out

The first set of corporate law firm financial results are looking strong
Good times return to the City
Advocates’ core courtroom skills on the decline, judges warn
Reduced levels of pay blamed for lower morale and standards, finds report

YouTube-ing Warwick law grad whose Allen & Overy vac scheme led to a training contract shares career advice
Charlotte McGing joins vlogging lawyer trend

Ex-DLA Piper junior solicitor struck off after falsifying LLB and LPC results
Rookie who trained at Weightmans claimed it was 'an honest mistake'

PwC looks beyond UCAS points for next generation of solicitors
Keily Blair and Kirsty O'Connor talk to Legal Cheek Careers about level playing fields

Legal work experience opportunities fall by 11%
Biggest industry decrease

‘18-hour days and sleepless nights’: Love Island solicitor Rosie reveals why she quit law in tense interview with Piers Morgan
She wanted to do crime and family but ended up at a commercial outfit

Latham & Watkins becomes latest firm to hike London junior solicitor pay to £143,000
US summer pay war continues to rock UK market

‘I was no longer able to cope’: Junior solicitor who backdated 23 letters ‘to buy time’ is struck off
She’d only been qualified for three years

Akin Gump ups London NQ pay to coveted £143,000
Follows moves by Kirkland & Ellis, Milbank and Simpson Thacher

Law balloons are now a thing thanks to Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams
Her legacy will live on after show exit

Accountancy giant Deloitte enters legal services market
Final member of the 'Big Four' granted ABS licence

Six spacetech start-ups to join Dentons innovation hub
Satellite propulsion system and farming robots among successful applicants

AI may be the solution, but it’s lawyers that know the questions to ask
Leading lawyers and technologists come together to discuss all things tech

Mayer Brown confirms 80% autumn trainee retention score
International outfit keeps eight of its ten NQs

British ‘lawyer’ twins convicted of assault following attack on Dubai police officer
London law grads face deportation