Tag: Solicitors
Late night and early morning courts are ‘not a disguised attempt’ to force lawyers to work more, insists top judge
Lord Fulford moves to soothe profession after outcry over 8am-8pm justice
How City law prepares you for the *joys* of motherhood
One associate can't help but see comparisons between her crying newborn baby and her demanding clients
Stephenson Harwood boosts trainee lawyer pay as it becomes latest firm to allow working from home
An extra £1,000 chucked NQs’ way too
Can you start a training contract without having completed the LPC?
We asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority for its advice on this little-known route to qualification
Reed Smith keeps 12 out of 14 qualifying trainees, including King & Wood Mallesons’ survivor
Firm also reveals its training contract applications have almost doubled
Herbert Smith Freehills retains 80% of its autumn NQs
As national outfit Mills & Reeve posts 79% result
Kirkland & Ellis reveals 56% NQ retention result
Top paying global mega-firm sees autumn rate drop sharply
Grenfell Tower fire: Diane Abbott claims survivors are being harassed by ‘ambulance chasing’ lawyers
MP complains to profession bigwigs
Mishcon de Reya’s autumn retention figure slumps to 64%
As Stephenson Harwood keeps 90% of its NQs
A law student shares his last-minute TC application pain
Face down those procrastination demons
Watson Farley & Williams keeps all 15 autumn NQs
International outfit posts perfect 100% retention score
8 tangible benefits that technology is bringing to law firms
Ahead of Pinsent Masons’ training contract application deadline on Friday, five lawyers and technologists at the famously tech-savvy firm consider how innovation is helping them
Dentons enters Scotland with Maclay Murray & Spens tie-up
The biggest law firm in the world just got bigger
Four key moments from ‘How to make it as a City lawyer’
Last minute TC application gold
A magic circle trainee’s ultra-sassy tweets have been exposed for all the legal world to see
'Bruv I've been up 20 hours'
US outfit Vinson & Elkins rockets to very top of trainee pay table
Firm’s soon-to-be lawyers will earn £105,000 during their TC
White & Case hit with record £250,000 fine over conflict of interest breaches in Ukrainian oligarch case
A partner was also fined a further £50,000
RPC posts solid 82% autumn retention result
NQs will be based in London, Bristol and Hong Kong
An open letter to training contract applicants everywhere
Being commercial can make up for a lot, but only if you understand what lawyers are selling
Freshfields partner who joined the firm in 1984 reveals he’s quitting to pursue pupillage dream
Competition litigation expert Jon Lawrence is Brick Court bound