Tag: Solicitors

The Apprentice: ULaw grad and solicitor among this year’s contestants

Aspiring City lawyer Kurran Pooni and civil specialist Sarah Ann Magson to battle it out before Lord Sugar in this year’s series

Sep 25 2018 12:21pm

Law, lager and lemonade: Is the legal sector over the limit?

We need to strike a healthy balance at legal events, says one future City trainee

Sep 25 2018 9:01am
London City

PwC strikes ‘strategic alliance’ with US law firm

Big Four's assault on the legal market continues

Sep 24 2018 3:09pm
Ropes & Gray law firm

Ropes & Gray combines contextual recruitment and CV blind in revamped trainee hiring process

US player will now recruit rookies exclusively from its vac scheme

Sep 24 2018 9:11am

Top Slaughter and May partner compares firm’s lawyers to ‘pack of wolves’

Taking the magic circle player's name a little too literally?

Sep 21 2018 9:39am
Norton Rose Fulbright lawyer

The lawyer tasked with re-imagining Norton Rose Fulbright for the AI age

It all began when a partner asked David Carter to write a report on potential innovations to improve efficiency

Sep 20 2018 3:25pm

London law firm advertises ‘voluntary’ three-month internship

It's unclear whether the role is paid or not

Sep 20 2018 8:59am
face meme angry

Research: Over 80% of lawyers ‘dislike’ lawyers

Half believe their co-workers are lazy

Sep 19 2018 12:20pm
DLA Piper lawyers money London

DLA Piper boosts junior lawyer pay to £77,000 as City rises continue

Global giant's trainees also handed extra cash

Sep 19 2018 9:03am
Violence Punch

A third of solicitors attacked or threatened, new research suggests

Vast majority of incidents took place within offices or a court

Sep 18 2018 1:41pm

Hogan Lovells partner ordered to pay £18,000 after sacking pregnant nanny

Employment tribunal judge finds City lawyer's nanny was unfairly dismissed

Sep 17 2018 4:25pm

Eversheds Sutherland bumps London NQ lawyer pay to £72,000

Trainees also handed pay boosts

Sep 17 2018 1:13pm
Lehman

How Lehman Brothers’ collapse paved the way for MoneyLaw and the minimum wage

2008 financial crisis shaped the legal profession as we know it

Sep 14 2018 8:40am

Bircham Dyson Bell and Pitmans to vote on £50 million tie-up

Firms reveal 'exploratory merger discussions'

Sep 12 2018 12:52pm
Beer

Solicitor fined £2,000 after being caught drink-driving THREE TIMES in just one month

Regulator tipped off about convictions by two members of the public

Sep 12 2018 11:21am
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner office London lawyer

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner posts 79% autumn retention score

Recently-merged global player retains 15 of its 19 rookies

Sep 11 2018 12:50pm

What commercial awareness is and what it should not be

Legal commentator and solicitor David Allen Green considers what this law firm buzzword actually means

Sep 7 2018 12:07pm
Training contract retention rate law students Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright unveils 90% autumn retention score

Global giant retains 28 out of 31 rookies

Sep 7 2018 9:20am