Tag: Solicitors

The opportunities that the Northern Powerhouse will create for future lawyers

Today’s law graduates will lead the delivery of huge transportation projects like HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail, says Bond Dickinson partner Kevin Bell

Feb 2 2017 1:13pm

Mayer Brown to re-launch ‘articled route to qualification’ as solicitor apprenticeship

Global firm tweaks school-leaver programme to fit government scheme

Feb 2 2017 11:37am

Why de-stigmatising anxiety and doubt at law school will make for less stressed-out lawyers

Nipping it in the bud early is the answer, says LSE LLB-er Josh Dowson

Feb 2 2017 9:16am

When lawyers divorce: Court of Appeal sides with Cambridge law lecturer over her City solicitor ex-husband

She earns £53,000, so should he still have to pay maintenance?

Feb 1 2017 3:15pm

How to seize opportunity in an uncertain world

Travers Smith lawyers on the importance of nimbleness, good judgement and confidence in engaging with technology

Feb 1 2017 2:39pm

White & Case unveils 88% spring retention score

US titan’s London office confirms it has taken on a second KWM trainee

Jan 31 2017 3:21pm

Lord Harley to take strike-off decision to Court of Appeal

He's appealing on Equality Act grounds

Jan 31 2017 11:10am

Beware the bursting of law’s artificial intelligence bubble

Legal tech is a long story of incremental change, not revolution

Jan 31 2017 9:29am

Success: KWM confirms ALL current trainees have found new homes

Legal Cheek revealed rescue plan back in December

Jan 30 2017 5:18pm

Trump’s Muslim ban: Lawyers descend on airports across the US to help free detainees

The legal profession fights back, as petition set up by Leeds solicitor gains one million signatures

Jan 30 2017 11:34am

Exclusive: Richard Susskind tells law schools to future-proof students with tech modules

Tom Connelly and Katie King interview the legal profession's foremost technology expert

Jan 30 2017 9:59am

Number of male lawyers reaching out to advice helpline increases

Calls to LawCare on the up overall

Jan 27 2017 1:29pm

Subpar A-levels or my ex-poly uni: What’s preventing me from getting a training contract at a top firm?

I have a first class construction degree and big ambitions

Jan 27 2017 10:29am

Posh solicitors pocket almost £7,000 more than ‘working class’ colleagues

Profession dominated by those from "advantaged backgrounds", says government-backed report

Jan 27 2017 9:45am

Stint on the sex offenders register for City lawyer who racially and sexually assaulted woman at Christmas party

He also poured beer over his victim's head and called her an "Australian slut"

Jan 26 2017 1:48pm

There are nearly 4,000 more solicitors on the roll now than there were just after the Brexit referendum

But the number of lawyers with practising certificates has actually gone down

Jan 26 2017 10:48am

The reality of working as a paralegal while completing the LPC

Fletchers’ Bethany Hodgkins on juggling work and study

Jan 25 2017 12:32pm

Supreme Court: Why Amal Clooney could (in theory) be next to serve on the bench

And nine more lawyers poised for the judiciary’s celebrity status

Jan 25 2017 8:55am