Tag: Solicitors
It’s official: The LPC and GDL are being scrapped
Solicitor super-exam will replace traditional routes to qualification as soon as September 2020
Clifford Chance to fund community law graduate scheme likened to Teach First
Youth advocates will help protect the legal rights of vulnerable children
Slater and Gordon solicitor, 31, becomes youngest coroner in England and Wales
Leeds University graduate reaches judicial office way ahead of schedule
Law Society tells solicitors to ‘channel their inner Judge Dredd’ – immediately backfires
'You do realise he is an executioner for a totalitarian fascist regime?'
Allen & Overy at back-end of gender diversity league table as magic circle giant reveals just 8% of its new partners are female
On the other hand, Pinsents and Mishcon have made up 60%+ female partners
Work less, earn less: Linklaters offers lawyers who want a life outside the office an ‘alternative career model’
The scheme is being piloted next month
City University BPTC grad who stole cash from colleagues’ bags BARRED from legal profession
Mahnoor Choudhury was working as a paralegal at the time
Pay trainees and NQs less; pay mid-level associates more, argues influential commentator
Rookie lawyer remuneration in London may have reached unsustainable levels
Clifford Chance lawyer set to become 173rd president of the Law Society
Litigation specialist Simon Davis to take over top spot in 2019
SDT publishes judgment that saw Clyde & Co hit with record £50,000 fine for money laundering and accounting rule breaches
Three partners also told to cough up £10,000 each
Fact or Fiction? The truth behind life in a City law firm
An anonymous lawyer offers some myth-busting advice on what he wishes he’d known when trying to break into the profession
Law students and rookie lawyers set to vote Lib Dem on 8 June
Legal Cheek snap election survey reveals Labour are out of favour
‘My teacher told me I was too soft to be a lawyer, now I’m a partner at a Knightsbridge firm’
Kevin Poulter tells us why his teacher's terse words encouraged him to pursue a career in law
Serial offender with 460 convictions smashes a law firm’s windows (again) in bid to be sent to prison
He said 'Champion! Thanks' when told he was going inside
200 ex-KWM staff given go-ahead to bring employment claim following firm’s collapse
Just a week after the defunct EUME arm's debts were laid bare
Leeds Metropolitan law grad who claimed he ‘attended’ Yale University on CV fined £2,000 by regulator
He had actually submitted a research paper, which wasn't even published
From Exeter to Ashurst: How being a campus ambassador helped me secure a prestigious City training contract
Ahead of Ashurst’s campus ambassador application deadline, Rebecca Fenton reflects on what she got out of the role — which the firm offers at 11 unis
Research: Over 90% of young lawyers are suffering from work-related stress
Almost half blame law firm partners
Hogan Lovells launches free global mentoring service to help guide entrepreneurs through their ‘fintech journey’
International giant joins growing City trend
‘Pink Floyd’s manager tricked me into becoming a lawyer’
Why media law partner Mark Stephens has always felt like an outsider in his profession
Baker McKenzie keeps 13 of its 16 spring qualifiers
International outfit’s London office racks up 81% retention score