Tag: Solicitors

Seven law firm partners named on 2017 ‘ethnic minority role model’ power list

Lawyers at Freshfields, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Clifford Chance and BLP all make the cut

May 25 2017 2:15pm

Revealed: 60% of lawyers think visible tattoos are not acceptable in their firms and chambers

Could we see a discrimination case in the near future?

May 25 2017 10:52am

Nottingham Trent’s student-staffed ‘teaching law firm’ launches commercial advice arm

Legal centre was handed an ABS licence by the SRA in 2015

May 25 2017 9:16am

‘Don’t make snap decisions too soon’, SRA tells aspiring solicitors contemplating whether to take the LPC or the super-exam

Exclusive video interview: Legal Cheek speaks to the regulator’s director of education and training

May 23 2017 9:07am

Why junior lawyers shouldn’t be afraid of AI, by a law student

We shouldn't waste the abundance of opportunities out there

May 22 2017 12:06pm

The Trial: Lawyers react to new docudrama starring real QCs and an ex-Old Bailey judge

‘First major inaccuracy, it started on time’

May 22 2017 10:47am

A Latham & Watkins lawyer is standing for UKIP in the general election

Tim Page is counsel at the US giant’s London office

May 19 2017 11:36am

Baker McKenzie lawyer reunited with have-a-go hero law student who helped him during train station attack

John Rowley urges the final year to follow in his footsteps and become a prosecutor

May 19 2017 10:46am

Distance learning: desirable or a disadvantage?

I live in Hong Kong, but my law school is in London

May 19 2017 9:05am

Is the bar’s appeal to the best graduates destroying the magic circle?

In America the top legal talent joins law firms -- but not always in Britain

May 17 2017 10:50am

This solicitor has one of the best LinkedIn profiles we’ve ever seen

Sham Uddin even hosts his own comedy show

May 16 2017 1:32pm

Baker McKenzie partner attacked at train station, law student jumps in to help

Now John Rowley wants to find the have-a-go hero so he can say thank you

May 16 2017 11:31am

Six legal tech start-ups selected for Mishcon de Reya’s innovation incubator

They will spend ten weeks at the City outfit’s new ‘MDR LAB’

May 16 2017 10:48am

Exclusive: Freshfields trainees bemoan lack of PA support as firm braces for low retention rate

Claims of longer hours and greater uncertainty hit magic circle giant

May 16 2017 7:47am

Junior lawyer who led march against £9k tuition fees when he was at Cambridge says it’s time to forgive the Lib Dems

Former SU president will be voting in line with majority of rookie lawyers surveyed in Legal Cheek General Election poll

May 15 2017 11:49am

Birmingham University vlogger beats 1,000 students to win trip to HSF’s Hong Kong and Australia offices

Watch Laura Kendrick's video -- and those of the five other extremely impressive finalists -- below

May 11 2017 11:31am

White & Case boosts London NQ pay packets by 17% to £105,000

Trainees will trouser an extra £2,000

May 11 2017 10:37am