Tag: Solicitors

ITV launches new training scheme that allows students to qualify as solicitors

Become a lawyer while rubbing shoulders with stars such as Judge Rinder

Dec 8 2015 2:38pm

Is Ahmd Emara the UK’s biggest law BNOC?

Names on campus don't come much bigger than the UWE masters student

Dec 8 2015 10:36am

Law firm to create army of virtual paralegals called ‘Kim’

Artificial intelligence software could leave many law graduates superfluous

Dec 8 2015 9:06am

Solicitors Regulation Authority gives official backing to plan to scrap the LPC

New solicitor super-exam would be open to non-graduates and make law degrees optional

Dec 7 2015 4:22pm

Video: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer

How law students can make it into the legal profession without doing a training contract -- the full discussion

Dec 7 2015 3:38pm

18 City law firms launch diversity work experience scheme to prove they don’t just want posh students

State school-educated and other "disadvantaged" undergrads wanted

Dec 7 2015 12:04pm

Law firm with Netflix-inspired unlimited holiday allowance sees productivity increase

Most certainly not a way to guilt solicitors into taking less time off

Dec 7 2015 9:54am

Legal aid firm in London’s hipster hub puts City giants in shade to bag pro bono prize

Dalston pro bono clinic advised nearly 500 clients this year

Dec 4 2015 2:43pm

Weil Gotshal joins ‘100 Club’ with Christmas pay boost for junior lawyers

Exclusive: Newly qualified salaries at US giant hit the £100,000 mark

Dec 4 2015 11:32am

Two more City firms adopt Lord Neuberger-backed contextual graduate recruitment method

Withers and RPC the latest City firms to take into account economic background and personal circumstances of wannabe lawyers

Dec 4 2015 11:01am

Research: 74% of lawyers will push workplace boundaries at Christmas party

Snogging, sex and heavy boozing -- it's festive season for law firms

Dec 4 2015 9:22am

Gove scraps Grayling’s Criminal Courts Charge

Lord Chancellor's move gets thumbs-up from lawyers

Dec 3 2015 12:33pm

Judge Rinder speaks out against swingeing legal aid cuts

A lawyer that doesn’t like Grayling? Who'd have thought it?

Dec 3 2015 11:31am

Top Linklaters’ lawyer takes home £3.2 million a year — 76 times as much as trainee

Top earner at magic circle outfit sees 33% pay boost

Dec 3 2015 9:33am

Supreme Court takes down Marks & Spencer in a momentous case set to impact LLB-ers

Sorry law students -- even more land law to learn

Dec 2 2015 2:39pm

Clyde & Co plans radical overhaul of diversity programme

City firm wants to shake off 'old boys club' reputation but Charlotte Proudman isn't convinced

Dec 2 2015 12:42pm

‘Seeking a job outside law ironically put me on the path to qualifying as a lawyer’

Unable to secure a training contract during the financial crisis, LPC graduate Priya Krishan landed an associate role at JP Morgan in London -- and qualified as a New York lawyer

Dec 1 2015 4:12pm

Yorkshire solicitor struck off after charging magic circle rates

£750-an-hour for executing a will

Dec 1 2015 10:58am

Not being yourself wastes valuable energy

After having children, Hogan Lovells partner Elaine Penrose decided to be completely open about her sexuality at work -- including with clients

Nov 30 2015 3:09pm

Science is harder than law, says Lord Neuberger

Head of Supreme Court reveals that he became a barrister after failing to cut it as a chemist

Nov 30 2015 1:51pm