Tag: Solicitors
Experience: I did a secondment at a global media company during my City training contract
Reed Smith trainee Roch Glowacki reflects on what he learned during six-months at firm’s client
Lawyers rush to defend Leigh Day after solicitors cleared of 19 misconduct charges
One said it was ‘a shameful political witchhunt’
The first ever legal careers network for STEM students who want to become lawyers has been launched
STEM Future Lawyers will bring together top law firms and the best science, technology, engineering and maths students
Iraq torture case: Leigh Day cleared of ALL misconduct following longest solicitor disciplinary tribunal in history
Two partners and a junior solicitor faced charges including pursuing false claims against British troops
Slaughter and May freezes lawyer pay as UK hit by hung parliament uncertainty
But salaries will remain under review, says elite magic circle outfit
RPC lawyer crowned British martial arts champion
Finance solicitor by day, Jiu-Jitsu pro by night
Merger down under: Norton Rose Fulbright in late-stage talks with Aussie law firm Henry Davis York
As Ince & Co's hunt for a tie-up continues
Shearman & Sterling lawyers look beyond General Election to the main event: Brexit
The real challenges will come once May v Corbyn battle is over
Senior partner fined £5,000 after branding litigant-in-person a ‘fisherwoman’ in fiery email
SDT said the comments were 'completely unacceptable'
The acquisition of Visa Europe — from a trainee’s perspective
Macfarlanes NQ Alex Evans looks back on the higlight of his training contract
Training contract numbers soar to highest level since financial crash
Places up two years on the bounce for the first time since the financial crash
How the Norton Rose Fulbright energy law LLM scholarship is helping to take a young lawyer’s career to the next level
Legal Cheek Careers meets Rodica Procop, a student at Queen Mary University of London’s energy and natural resources law institute
Linklaters kicks off Pride Month with rainbow-coloured reception lighting
London office receives magic makeover to celebrate all things LGBT
A poem: ‘Oh, I wish I’d looked after me brief!’
Legal Cheek's resident funny man Wigapedia returns with an ode to barristers' briefs
Womble Bond Dickinson: Tie-up creating new £340 million transatlantic law firm confirmed
UK and US outfits cement combination following successful 'strategic alliance'
Law, politics and the City
Ahead of the Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate on Monday, Tim Waterson explains how an early interest in politics set him up for life in the corporate finance fast lane
Freshfields, Clifford Chance, BLP, Ashurst and DWF lawyers among 300 to offer support following Manchester bombing pro bono appeal
Twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured after suicide bomber targeted Ariana Grande gig
Twiddling thumbs: decreasing demand for legal services ‘endemic’ in the profession, survey finds
A quarter of US firms said their associates don't have full workloads, and this number shoots up when you look at partners
Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — Inside the acquisition of Visa Europe, with Macfarlanes
The lawyers who handled one of the biggest M&A deals of last year share their experiences with 50 students
Hogan Lovells bumps junior lawyer pay packets by 5% to £75,000
Trainees will take home an extra £1,000
The reality of taking the CILEx route: ‘I work just as hard as a solicitor for less money and less respect’
An anonymous trainee legal exec thinks attitudes to the apprenticeship need to change