Tag: Solicitors

How working as a paralegal helped me secure a training contract
Curiosity to really understand the firm, and longstanding interest in business, propelled Nick Little to TC success at Irwin Mitchell
City law firms’ gender pay gap revealed: Herbert Smith Freehills, CMS and Shoosmiths first to publish data
Stark stats to be approached with caution

Technology: Disrupting the law and lawyers — with Travers Smith
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Young solicitor who faked documents to hide mistake is struck off
She’d only been qualified for three years
I am worried STEM students will scupper my training contract chances
Do City firms still want law graduates?
The law firms with the best work/life balance — 2018 edition
Good money plus good hours is a winning combination

Beyond the City: From vacation scheme to solicitor in Europe’s coolest city
City quality of work, Bristol lifestyle

Lawyers spend nearly £30k on work clothes and three months planning what to wear
More stress codes than dress codes

Legal Cheek’s alternative predictions for 2018
2017 was quite a ride -- this year could be even more of a rollercoaster
‘A social mobility programme helped me secure a training contract with Hogan Lovells’
Megan Stewart went from vac schemer to future trainee and now she wants to help others realise their lawyer dreams
The first year of a law degree is pivotal: Here’s how to spend it well
Ahead of the 7 January application deadline for Ahead with Ashurst, Kelley McPherson explains how she's now reaping the rewards of seeds she sewed in first year
The law firms with the best social life 2017-18
Amish or Amal?
My journey from Manchester Uni law student to Clifford Chance banking & finance associate
Nikhita Suria looks back on her journey with the firm to date, which has been enriched by the firm’s support in developing her interest in fintech
How my vac scheme led straight to a training contract
Ahead of the 3 January application deadline for the CMS Academy, trainee-to-be Euan Alston looks back on his route into the firm
Clifford Chance trainee blogging as The Lean Lawyer goes viral with anti-diet Instagram post
Future corporate lawyer has 61,000 followers
Advice for aspiring lawyers from RPC, Google and Uber
These are the skills that law students need to start developing for the new digital age
Revealed: The firms that offer the most client secondments
As a trainee you could get the chance to do a stint at Goldman Sachs, Google or Gillingham Council
On secondment during my TC in San Francisco
Clyde & Co’s Madeleine Shanks on legal life in the world’s tech capital
Dogs descend on Eversheds Sutherland in new wellbeing initiative
Think of it as a canine-friendly vac scheme
Battle of the baubles: The official Legal Cheek law Xmas tree round-up ?
Everything from a grand grotto scene to an upcycled milk carton tree
SRA will not have to pay Leigh Day’s multi-million pound legal bill, tribunal rules
Two partners and a junior solicitor were cleared of wrongdoing earlier this year