Tag: Solicitors
The quest to recruit more graduates like me
New PRIME chair reached top of Hogan Lovells the hard way
National Poetry Day: Kirkland & Ellis edition
A little nugget of gold from the Legal Cheek comments section
Top Brexit thought leader changes stance on Article 50
Admits his assumption government would act rationally was “incorrect”
Solicitor wins national competition that sees her QUIT law to do ‘The Nicest Job in Britain’
AA legal counsel performs major career U-turn
All five magic circle firms named in 2016 ‘top graduate employers list’
But they were all beaten by Aldi
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