Tag: Solicitors

Dentons partner suspended following allegations of sexual misconduct
Claims date back to solicitor's time at Scottish outfit Maclay Murray & Spens

Taylor Wessing lawyer who rowed Atlantic in memory of his mother breaks world record
The emotional story behind senior associate George Biggar’s transatlantic feat

Over a third of trainee solicitors are being paid LESS than Law Society minimum wage
Law Society tells Legal Cheek salary recommendation is under review

What I’ve learned as a lawyer in the magic circle, a US firm and now at PwC
Keily Blair looks back on a high-flying career to date -- that began unconventionally with moving country to study a law degree aged 17 at a non-Russell Group University

Clifford Chance and Freshfields boost LPC grants by 43%
Exclusive: £3,000 more than Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Slaughter and May

What we learned about fintech from some of the biggest brains at Clifford Chance
Technology presents both risks and opportunities to traditional financial institutions -- and their lawyers need to help them stay ahead of the curve

I run my own business and I’m worried it will impact my training contract chances
I don't want firms to think I won't accept authority

House of Lords peer reports Hogan Lovells to regulator over claims it ‘walked into a web of corruption for a fat fee’
International firm hits back at ‘unfounded’ accusations

The Brexit effect? Top US law firm offers Dublin training contracts
Thankfully this won’t impact Dechert's London trainee numbers

City law chiefs want all future trainees to sit super-exam from 2022
Despite SRA suggesting transitional period could run into 2030s

‘Assfisting’: Incredible lawyer’s letter typo surfaces online
Why proofreading is essential

Event: Technology and the future of legal practice — with Womble Bond Dickinson in Leeds
Apply to attend Legal Cheek's latest free student event

Junior solicitor whose hair fell out as she struggled to meet billing targets handed lifeline by tribunal
She claims 'culture of fear' drove her to fake documents

Don’t leave trainees in retention limbo, Law Society tells firms
Rookies should know whether they're hired or fired at least eight weeks before qualification

Tech is changing law firms but they will always need grounded, intelligent people who give meaning to things through language
Travers Smith’s Emily Clark tells Alex Wade about what she has learned on her path from Oxford history graduate to City law firm partner via a stint working in the charity sector

Solicitor whose firm went under owing £200,000 in barrister fees struck off
His actions were ‘deliberate, calculated and repeated’

Big Four bean counter flexes its muscles: Deloitte announces expansion into UK legal market
Training contract offering 'under review'

West Country’s answer to Square Mile increases clout as Simmons & Simmons doubles its Bristol office
But outfit confirms there's no increase in training contracts

The most impressive law firm offices — 2018 edition
Where spectacular views and top-notch facilities are part and parcel

Solicitor hit with £54,000 costs bill after failing to overturn £2,000 SRA fine
Family lawyer behind 'incompetent idiot' emails had ‘lost perspective’, tribunal says