Tag: Solicitors

Free wine hidden in T&Cs of former Magic Circle lawyer’s website
Claimed after three months

How the SQE is forging new pathways into the profession
BPP’s Head of Client Development, Liz Ritter, talks apprenticeships, exam performance and ‘teething problems' with the new route

Osborne Clarke becomes first firm referred to tribunal over alleged ‘SLAPP’
Concerns firm's representation of ex-Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi

Generational clash: Differing workplace attitudes pose biggest challenge for junior lawyers
Exclusive research: Managing mental health and workloads among key challenges for Gen-Zers, along with addressing knowledge gaps

Ex-City lawyer handed 15 year jail term for role in £30 million Ponzi scheme
Follows major police investigation

Quinn Emanuel hikes NQ lawyer pay to market topping £180k
Serious money for 20-somethings

Top chambers suspends sending pupil barristers to Stratford Mags following claims of ‘invasive searches’
HMCTS says it's urgently investigating allegations

‘Is law firm culture really a thing?’
Budding City lawyer seeks advice

Full video: A deep dive into SQE1
BPP’s Head of Outreach joins SQE Award Leaders and future trainees to discuss part one of the solicitors’ assessment

Meet the law school empowering future lawyers through ‘collaborative learning’
Head of Department James Catchpole discusses The City Law School’s unique approach to SQE training ahead of LegalEdCon 2024

Criminal solicitor struck off over £60 ‘dine and dash’
Left Harvester restaurant without paying

Freshfields sets down Magic Circle salary marker as it ups NQ lawyer pay 20% to £150k
Is there another pay war on the horizon?

Ex-Slater & Gordon partner misled client over case progression for 17 years
Agrees to be struck off

Revealed: The Legal Cheek Awards 2024 – longlists
Profession gears up to celebrate achievements of firms, chambers and students

Hogan Lovells keeps 20 of 22 spring qualifying trainees
Three on fixed-term deals

A&O Shearman: A new Magic Circle mega-firm is born
Historic tie-up goes live today

Newly qualified solicitor wins employment case against firm that signed probation review without her knowledge
In effect a ‘forgery’, tribunal finds

Full video: A deep dive into SQE2
BPP’s Head of Outreach joins future trainees for an in-depth look at part two of the centralised assessment

SQE students told to wait in ‘quiet area’ for 2.5 hours before exam
Aspiring lawyers may welcome extra revision time, says SRA

Burgers Salmon lawyer makes MasterChef appearance
Narrowly misses out on quarter-final spot

‘From civil service to City law – will I secure at TC?’
Career changer seeks guidance