Tag: Solicitors

Artificial intelligence AI technology tech lawyers solicitors robot

SRA awarded £700,000 to fund ‘robolawyer’ projects

Taxpayers' cash will help support AI innovations within the legal services sector

Oct 5 2018 1:19pm
Justice courts lawyers

Free Representation Unit teams up with The Secret Barrister in new CrowdJustice appeal

Blogging heavyweight becomes legal charity's first anonymous patron

Oct 5 2018 10:24am
VR BCLP lawyers

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner gives law students a taste of trainee life with virtual reality goggles

It's not the first time a City law firm has embraced headset-style tech

Oct 5 2018 9:16am

Baker McKenzie’s lawyers and trainees can now wear jeans

But global giant’s recently relaxed dress code policy does not extend to leggings, flip-flops or trainers

Oct 4 2018 10:50am

Linklaters bumps junior lawyer base rate pay to £83,000

Magic circle titan's rookies also handed rises

Oct 3 2018 4:47pm

Weil Gotshal boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £120,000

As it ups LPC maintenance grant by 25%

Oct 3 2018 8:47am
Pinsent Masons Marilyn Cooney

The changing fortunes of Dublin as a legal centre from the eyes of a lawyer who lived it

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘The rise of Dublin as a global legal centre’, Pinsent Masons senior associate Marilyn Cooney reflects on her career to date

Oct 2 2018 2:15pm

The 2019 Firms Most List goes live

Expanded lists now feature 90 firms -- each with a Legal Cheek View and Insider Scorecard ranking

Oct 2 2018 10:07am

The life of a capital markets lawyer

White & Case’s Inigo Esteve tells us how he helps international companies list on the London Stock Exchange and shares his advice for students seeking to get into this branch of City law

Oct 1 2018 4:21pm

TLT partner handed two-year driving ban after getting behind the wheel following ‘boozy’ client lunch

Paul Crighton was more than three times the drink-drive limit

Oct 1 2018 2:46pm

Trainee lawyer who performed CPR on client awarded for life-saving actions

Adam French received a national 'Everyday Heroes' gong

Sep 28 2018 9:27am
London law firm

Ince & Co and Gordon Dadds in tie-up talks to create UK’s largest listed law firm

Statement issued to the London Stock Exchange

Sep 27 2018 10:44am
Labour Party Legal aid

Labour conference round-up: Party says it will open law centres and raises concerns over digitisation of justice

Legal aid is a 'pillar of the welfare state', says shadow justice minister

Sep 26 2018 4:32pm