Tag: Solicitors

Ex-Linklaters partner sentenced for sexual assault on student intern at Oktoberfest party
Three years and three months

Addleshaw Goddard boosts London junior lawyer pay by 5%
Trainees and those in the regions also handed extra cash

Sixty paralegals to join Clifford Chance as firm snaps up Carillion’s low-cost legal hub in Newcastle
Construction giant went into liquidation last month

London law firm partner among Grand Canyon helicopter crash survivors
Another solicitor on board has sadly died

Research: Far more private school kids at corporate firms than in crime
State school educated underrepresented across the board

Law’s cut-throat ‘sink or swim’ culture has been laid bare in a string of recent disciplinary cases
Is the profession beginning to show mercy to its stressed-out juniors?

How being a campus ambassador for Hogan Lovells has strengthened my relationship with the firm and my fellow students
Five months’ into the programme and ahead of the deadline for next years’ ambassadors, Durham University law student Tommy Adeyefa reflects on his experience so far

Shoosmiths solicitor among three Britons dead in Grand Canyon helicopter crash
He joined the firm as a trainee

Five secrets shared on how to do well on the LPC
Gareth Richards, the LPC Programme and Student Lead at ULaw Moorgate, reveals what 20 years of experience have taught him about doing well on the Legal Practice Course

‘I quit the magic circle to practise in Bristol — and I regret it’
A Legal Cheek reader shares their story

Decision to approve or reject solicitor super-exam delayed
Legal Services Board gives itself more time to consider LPC and GDL's demise

Dentons partner leaves firm following allegations of sexual misconduct
But global outfit says it found no evidence of harassment

9 things that aspiring magic circle lawyers should be doing to secure a training contract
Linklaters lawyers and graduate recruiters share their advice

The law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire – 2018 edition
The rivals that rookies rate best

SRA appeals tribunal’s decision to show mercy on junior lawyer whose hair fell out as she struggled to meet billing targets
Received a suspended ban for faking documents

High Court showdown on the cards as SRA confirms Leigh Day tribunal appeal
Two partners and junior solicitor previously cleared in Iraqi torture case

Ex-Clifford Chance trainee LOSES bid to sue Oxford University over ‘inadequate’ teaching
Faiz Siddiqui was seeking £1 million for lost legal dream

Booming in Bristol: Should junior lawyers shun London for the West Country?
City's six-figure salaries will boost your ego but little else

‘Zombie’ corporate lawyer avoids being struck off for dishonesty after being left ‘physically and emotionally drained’ by workload
He sent misleading emails to buy himself time

RPC launches new training contracts with 2018 start date
No two-year wait for firm's Bristol trainees

Event series: Secrets to Success — in London, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham
Legal Cheek Live joins forces with The University of Law and a host of leading law firms to take our commercial awareness series on the road