Tag: Solicitors

Why ambitious junior lawyers need to create their own networks

King & Wood Mallesons partner Ajay Pathak shares what he has learned on his journey to the top

Jul 6 2016 11:11am

Top firms release their full year financial results and profits per equity partner continue to rise across the board

Gravy train continues on merry way but will Brexit prove to be a buffer?

Jul 6 2016 9:58am

London solicitors look to dual qualify as New York attorneys amid Brexit chaos

Leaving Europe could be bad news for status of English law

Jul 6 2016 9:02am

City lawyer at centre of Legal Cheek investigation quits profession over CV fabrications

Ex-McCarthy Tétrault "consultant" claimed, among other things, to have obtained an LLM from King’s College and a PHD from the University of Zurich

Jul 5 2016 4:43pm

‘The day of the constitutional lawyer has come’ says Prof Dougan

Liverpool Uni law lecturer gives evidence to House of Commons Treasury Committee on all things Brexit

Jul 5 2016 1:49pm

Magic circle embraces artificial intelligence

Clifford Chance latest outfit to embrace futuristic robot-style tech to improve speed, efficiency and quality

Jul 5 2016 11:58am

Why I turned down a hot summer in Ibiza to work at a legal support charity

I had the chance to go away for the summer -- here are five reasons why I’m glad I didn’t

Jul 5 2016 10:13am

Being different makes you stronger: a newly qualified lawyer’s perspective

Diversity is a positive in the City, writes Hogan Lovells associate Amma Boakye

Jul 4 2016 2:08pm

Legal dream team fights to make Brexit conditional on parliamentary backing

Big guns from Mishcon de Reya, Blackstone, Matrix and Monckton take aim at referendum decision

Jul 4 2016 7:49am

The next legal boom? India to open legal market to international law firms

Some welcome news amid Brexit chaos for London's megafirms

Jul 4 2016 7:48am

What Brexit? Herbert Smith Freehills boosts pay for newly qualified solicitors to £90,000

Trainee salaries also rise at London office of global giant

Jul 1 2016 1:58pm

9 things you need to know if you are applying for a training contract this summer

Norton Rose Fulbright's Andrew Roycroft shares what he has learned from participating in the graduate recruitment process

Jul 1 2016 11:23am

Shearman & Sterling retains all 13 of its qualifying trainees

Gold stars and pats on the back all round at big-paying US firm's London office

Jul 1 2016 10:24am

Fieldfisher kicks off Autumn retention season with perfect 100% result

Meanwhile City outfit CMS Cameron McKenna finally reveals disappointing spring figure of just 62%

Jun 30 2016 12:41pm

Why students don’t need to have it all figured out at law school

Amid the competing attractions of different areas of law, it's important to keep an open mind, writes BPP University's Kandice Horsey

Jun 29 2016 2:34pm

University of Law offers half price course fees for out-of-work LPC students

Wannabe lawyers will still receive a 50% rebate on LPC fees if they have failed to secure employment within nine months of graduating

Jun 29 2016 12:05pm

Texas Law Hawk part IV: Baseball, bikinis and even bigger explosions

US lawyer back at it again with another bizarre advert

Jun 29 2016 9:54am

Chasing Shadows

Meet the two lawyer newbies promoted to positions in the shadow cabinet that Corbyn/McDonnell are too busy to occupy

Jun 28 2016 2:40pm

From a small town in one of India’s poorest states to Herbert Smith Freehills

Siddhartha Shukla charts his incredible route to becoming a solicitor in London

Jun 28 2016 12:05pm

Half of Baker & McKenzie’s new London partners are women

International heavyweight promotes 85 lawyers across its global offices

Jun 27 2016 5:00pm