Tag: Solicitors

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

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