Tag: Solicitors
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
Posh solicitors pocket almost £7,000 more than ‘working class’ colleagues
Profession dominated by those from "advantaged backgrounds", says government-backed report
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"
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
The reality of working as a paralegal while completing the LPC
Fletchers’ Bethany Hodgkins on juggling work and study
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
Updated ‘Our History’ page on KWM’s website glosses over administration woes
It says the firm has "reduced its lawyer numbers in Europe"
What we learned from the Legal Cheek vac scheme open thread
The essentials to consider as application deadlines draw near
Barristers will have a better grasp of the law than solicitors under proposed changes to legal education, university academics warn
SRA super-exam takes another bashing
Legal Cheek talks… the story behind those KWM leaked emails
Oh, and peanut allergies
Event: What the Northern Powerhouse means for the next generation of lawyers
Commercial Awareness Question Time comes to Newcastle
KWM partners under fire for leaving office like a ‘student flat’ with client files ‘littering’ office floor
The firm's administrator is remaining tightlipped over the accusations
ULaw strikes LPC training deal with Howard Kennedy
Single office City firm will continue to pay is trainees fees
17 City firms secure places on LGBT employer power list
Strong showing from the legal profession in 2017 Stonewall rankings
Mishcon de Reya to tap into legal-tech market with launch of new start-up ‘incubator’
The tech hype continues
Research: London-based NQ pay packets rocket by 23% to £65,000 average in just three years
Twenty-six thousand pounds more than their North West counterparts
Revealed: the law firms that trainees and junior lawyers most admire
Magic circle tag still carries kudos, but what about the rest?
The scenic route to the magic circle
Hannah McCarthy qualified as a New York attorney -- and in September started a training contract with Freshfields in London
King & Wood Mallesons Global launches in London – a day after UK arm goes under
New firm “not presently” taking old firm trainees
Cardiff graduate sent home from Eversheds office because employer could not accommodate her peanut allergy
Temp adamant she was safe, but law firm's print company supplier had "no time or resources for a risk assessment"
Alan Blacker LOSES High Court strike-off appeal
Self-styled Lord Harley was booted out of the profession last year