Tag: Solicitors
A motorbike accident transformed me from junior lawyer coaster to driven CEO
Fletchers chief Ed Fletcher recalls how a spinal cord injury gave him a clarity that would change the course of his career
New plastic bag legislation is a triumph of pedantic drafting
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 deserves wider recognition
Addleshaw Goddard junior lawyer so busy that he keeps working during charity cycle
The battle to meet those hours targets never stops
Firms Most List 2016: US hyper elite pay most and hire more graduates in London
Magic circle under pressure as Americans lead UK market
Solicitor tricked into transferring £734k of client money to phone-scammers
Internet banking scam hits legal profession
Clifford Chance takes on Uber with drivers ‘defecating in gardens’ attack
Cabbies pool resources to hire magic circle giant
How wannabe lawyers can become employable
ULaw employability chief John Watkins believes students overestimate some of their soft-skills
The law firm’s 466% turnover increase, the ex-senior partner’s fraud and the ambiguously worded press release
It makes for an explosive combination
Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper are better than the magic circle, claim brand gurus
Global behemoths beat London aristocrats
City firm offers virtual ‘helicopter trips’ and ‘Ferrari racing’ in bid to make commercial awareness interesting
But will CMS's virtual reality headsets allow students to forget that it's slashing trainee numbers by a third this year?
Why ‘following your passion’ isn’t always the best advice
Law can be tough, but it provides a better grounding than a job in a trendy start-up, argues an anonymous magic circle trainee solicitor
Friends of Freshfields lawyer shot dead in Berlin are crowdfunding to help his family
Legal and other costs facing popular ex-solicitor's parents could hit £20,000
‘Cambridge-educated Weil Gotshal trainee’ flogs training contract advice for £45 an hour
When you're on £97k a year, is this really necessary?
Lawyer falls for latest Facebook ‘legal contract’ privacy hoax
If in doubt, cite the "Rome Statute"
Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker’s court charge
Axe this "laughably unfair" charge, urge members of legal profession
Lawyers’ ethics: who would you save first in a fire — your mum or girlfriend?
Chinese judicial ethics exam asks wannabe lawyers to decide
Daily Express forced to make huge correction to ‘people who benefit from human rights’ story
Do they just make this stuff up?
Solicitor who had SIX KIDS while at Slaughter and May — and made partner — reveals ‘best decision’: to quit law
Laura Carstensen, who had three kids in the first four years of career, speaks publicly about "structural sexism"
Event: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently
Lord Neuberger and a panel of top solicitors and barristers offer students who don't fit the mould tips on how to get ahead in law
Bar Council chief and Dechert’s Miriam González-Durántez latest to back Proudman feminist movement
LinkedIn row barrister now has support of Nick Clegg's City lawyer wife and a less enthusiastic Alistair MacDonald QC
US firm that pays London newly qualified lawyers £101k boosts trainee intake by 20%
Latham & Watkins now offering more training contracts than many mid-tier City outfits