Tag: Solicitors
Olswang, Dechert and Bristows release autumn trainee retention results
Mixed results for law firm trio
Baker & McKenzie ups junior lawyers’ pay packets to £72,000
A modest increase of 3%
Kirkland & Ellis London NQ dollar-pegged pay packets swell to over £140,000 as pound hits 31 year low
Brexit fears cause pound to tank
Lawyers at Howard Kennedy have computers BLOCKED if they fail to rack up seven hours of work a day
Tactic is designed to “shame” fee-earners
How a high street solicitor from Lancaster became the resident legal expert on BBC’s ‘Rip off Britain’
Could Gary Rycroft be the next Judge Rinder?
SRA moves a step closer to killing off LPC and GDL as super-exam proposals gather pace
But solicitors' regulator performs U-turn on degree requirement
Lawyer who ‘cracked under the strain’ of working for the CPS sentenced to six years in prison for trying to kill his wife
His increased workload led him to desperation
Legal Cheek talks… law breaking law students
Katie King and Tom Connelly discuss whether a career in law is still possible when you have a criminal past
Lawyers anticipate ‘public discussion’ on government’s defence to Article 50 challenge
Government's legal arguments have been disclosed following high court decision
Triple merger: CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang to create global megafirm
Subject to a partner vote
More solicitor apprenticeships unveiled: this time it’s Dentons
The largest law firm in the world has leapt aboard the Trailblazer bandwagon
Photos of sweaty lawyers collapsed on the floor sweep social media as Tour de Law draws to a close
One firm even tried to start a #lawyersinlycra hashtag
Slaughter and May completes magic circle retention season revealing 89% result
Four NQs seek pastures new
ULaw teams up with top European business school to create new ‘commercial awareness’ course for wannabe lawyers
LPC course receives optional business-focused bolt-on
Language of the legal directory decoded: the 2016 edition
The venerable Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500
Barrister handed £500 fine for turning up to court ‘under the influence’ of alcohol
He also left his client unrepresented
Poor Kirkland & Ellis associate ripped to shreds by judge who wanted to speak to a partner instead
“I think it’s outrageous, irresponsible and insulting”
Freshfields joins Clifford Chance and DLA Piper in embracing artificial intelligence software ‘Kira’
AI bandwagon gathers pace
Burges Salmon teams up with BPP to launch earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships
Bristol-headquartered outfit has taken on five new school-leavers
Event: How to become a projects lawyer – with Burges Salmon
Commercial Awareness Question Time comes to Bristol
Brangelina: Hollywood power couple enlist the help of top London media firms as divorce proceedings gather pace
Pitt punts for Schillings as Harbottle & Lewis acts for Jolie