Tag: Solicitors

Macfarlanes misses golden opportunity to improve its lagging gender diversity stats

All male partnership promotion could see firm drop into ‘relegation zone’ in Legal Cheek’s table

Apr 13 2016 4:11pm

Research: Medicine, economics and engineering grads earn more than those with law degrees

10 years on, male law graduates earn nearly 20% more than their female counterparts

Apr 13 2016 2:13pm

Reed Smith confirms merger talks with Philadelphia outfit Pepper Hamilton

Rumours circulate that Clyde & Co is eyeing up potential suitors in Miami

Apr 13 2016 11:26am

Why the challenge to create more female partners starts at trainee level

Millennials hold the key to boosting gender diversity in law

Apr 13 2016 9:11am

Research: top students from disadvantaged backgrounds less likely to apply for elite training contracts

'Contextual recruitment' needed to stop the privileged bagging all the jobs, says agency which developed method

Apr 12 2016 4:54pm

Shearman & Sterling considers work from home option for its London lawyers

Now US firms are eyeing 'agile working'

Apr 12 2016 11:43am

Panama Papers law firm gets unofficial clothing range

“Because taxes are for poor people”

Apr 11 2016 12:38pm

Medical negligence solicitor’s angry speech to junior doctors goes viral

“The government has declared war on the people in this country," roars Simpson Millar's Peter Stefanovic

Apr 11 2016 11:57am

Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts appears as litigant-in-person in private dispute

Exclusive: Alastair Pitblado and his fiancée in High Court today -- acting for themselves in £150k planning row

Apr 11 2016 9:07am

Half of Allen & Overy’s new London partners are women

Internationally the figure is 29%, as firm homes in on rather low gender diversity target

Apr 8 2016 12:53pm

Scammers clone Burges Salmon’s website to create fake law firm

Maybe avoid applying for a training contract with 'Owen & Harvey Solicitors'

Apr 8 2016 11:46am

11 ways in which the teachings of Donald Trump can guide lawyers to success

Reinterpreting the preposterous Art of the Deal

Apr 8 2016 10:44am

Med neg giant combines with ULaw to launch solicitor apprenticeship with law degree

New Fletchers programme modelled on law school's scheme with Mayer Brown

Apr 6 2016 1:52pm

Norton Rose Fulbright racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 96%

All bar one spring qualifier will remain at the global giant

Apr 6 2016 1:13pm

Leaked Mossack Fonseca document leaves London law firm exposed

Eminent private client outfit remains tightlipped over dealings with Azerbaijan president's daughters

Apr 6 2016 11:43am

Off the Cuff: Dress Code shocker as HMP Belmarsh seeks to ban visiting lawyers from wearing cufflinks

First they came for our cufflinks… bar appalled at what might be banned next

Apr 5 2016 2:51pm

The Law Society has just wasted £7 million on a failed business venture — here is what they could have spent it on

Independent review reveals a catalogue of errors led to conveyance software flop

Apr 5 2016 12:11pm

65% of kids think lawyers are men

And they drew some delightful pictures to demonstrate this

Apr 5 2016 9:04am

Northern megafirm Hill Dickinson retains all six of its spring qualifiers

Liverpool-based outfit strikes perfect 100% trainee retention score

Apr 4 2016 2:44pm