Tag: Solicitors

MPs ask Allen & Overy to hand over partner gender pay gap data — magic circle firm says no
Outfit to publish new salary stats in September

DWF set to make legal history with £1 billion London Stock Exchange flotation
Global giant's top brass could be handed £10 million share windfall... each!

How I quit my job in Shanghai and landed my dream training contract
Burges Salmon trainee Ian Bond looks back on his route to a TC

Slaughter and May lawyer scores World Cup punditry role
Associate consultant and footballer Eniola Aluko heads to Russia

The Hearing Podcast: Legal futurist Joe Raczynski on AI, blockchain and smart contracts
How close is tech to revolutionising the law?

City trainee confession: ‘I earn £45,000 a year and spend obscene amounts on ASOS — but my mum still pays my phone bill’
Money diary of a corporate rookie revealed

Love Island lawyers latest: Junior solicitor left in tears after date ‘slags her off’ to ex-legal secretary
Rosie Williams has a law degree, an LPC and an LLM

‘Lord Harley’ in court after being charged with benefits offence
Two years after he was struck off

Ince & Co redundancies will have ‘no impact’ on NQ positions — but effect on future trainee numbers unclear
Firm currently undertaking 'detailed review' of staffing levels

Legal Cheek launches new iPhone app with graduate recruitment deadline alerts
Free and easy-to-use future lawyer essential

Young law firm partner jailed after he tricked ex-S&M dungeon master into thinking he’d won £700,000 damages from Channel 4
Andrew Davies was struck off in 2016 after taking client cash and forging documents to cover his tracks

Embarrassment for Mishcon de Reya after canteen slated by food hygiene inspectors
Glamorous staff eatery scores only 1 out 5 after food safety officer inspection

Podcast: ‘There were only three women in the whole firm’ — corporate law pioneer Fiona Woolf on gender diversity in the law
We’ve come a long way since the 1970s -- but not far enough

It’s possible to get to a MoneyLaw US firm from a regional training contract after an ex-poly degree – I should know because I’ve done it
Don’t listen to anyone who tells you it's impossible

Junior solicitor who only qualified THREE months ago puts legal career on hold to enter Love Island villa
She refers to herself as 'Legally Brunette'

MoneyLaw 2.0: US outfit Milbank ups London junior lawyer pay to £143,000
Will others follow?

A senior associate’s notes from the frontline of the legal AI revolution
Pinsent Masons' Jennifer McCormick tells Legal Cheek Careers how technology is revolutionising her practice area of banking and restructuring

‘I am first and foremost a lawyer — my media appearances are just an added bonus’
Employment lawyer Kevin Poulter sits down with Legal Cheek to discuss social media, Alan Titchmarsh and his latest podcast project

Reed Smith junior lawyers to receive performance feedback via phone app
As global outfit launches inter-office secondment opportunity

‘I’m a former magic circle lawyer with 20 years’ experience in legal education — this is how to secure a training contract’
A sneak peek at the hints and tips The University of Law's professor Alexis Mavrikakis will share at this evening's Secrets to Success event