Tag: Solicitors
London via the back door: Do I accept my Midlands training contract offer?
Sights set on the City
Trainee solicitor who charged clients for legal advice handed 18-month suspended jail term
Training contract disaster
The best law books that aren’t To Kill a Mockingbird
Legal Cheek team's picks
‘Karate lawyer’ promises to take out corrupt judges using martial arts expertise in hilarious spoof advert
‘What I lack in formal legal qualifications, I make up for in karate moves’
Eight tech start-ups set to join Allen & Overy’s hipster-esque ‘Fuse’ innovation hub
Well-known AI system and asylum advice app among successful applicants
Anger as City law’s only Michelin-starred chef ‘forced out’ of Watson Farley & Williams
The famous Philippe Roth exits after 14 years at firm
Magic circle top payer opts against raising NQ pay above £85k, dashing ‘100 Club’ dreams
Freshfields to stick rather than twist
Regulator issues ‘what not to do’ social media guide for solicitors amid rise in complaints
Just days after a law firm partner was sanctioned following anti-Semitic Facebook rant
Will studying at the Open University limit my training contract chances?
Its status among solicitors is a worry
Hogan Lovells and Eversheds Sutherland reveal 80% autumn retention results
Solid scores from international duo
Kirkland & Ellis ups trainee pay to £50-55k as Macfarlanes boosts to £44-49k
A lot of money for 22 and 23-year-olds
White & Case keeps 15 of its 18 London NQs following 17% salary hike
English-qualified lawyers wanted despite Brexit, says US megafirm
Gowling WLG posts 84% autumn retention result
As national outfit Browne Jacobson scores 67%
Watch what you tweet: CPS promises to crack down on social media hate crime
But lawyers have concerns
Solicitor who made anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist Facebook comments handed 12-month suspension
He dared a member of the public to report him, so they did
Linklaters keeps 47 of its 56 trainees upon qualification
Magic circle retains 84% of rookies as newly qualified solicitors
Ince & Co keeps nine out of ten NQs
As London litigation specialist Stewarts Law retains just one
City solicitor turned East End teacher set to send 95% of pupils to Russell Group unis
Two students even went to White & Case’s Abu Dhabi office for work experience
Strictly Come Dancing: Glasgow law graduate and ex-corporate lawyer Susan Calman announced as contestant
Will she dance with a gavel like Judge Rinder?
23 out of Macfarlanes’ 25 qualifying trainees given permanent jobs
The other two accepted fixed term contracts; each can expect to earn at least £81,300
You can now do a training contract funded by Children in Need
Social welfare solicitor scheme offers more places than ever