Tag: Solicitors
Smooth-talking Gove charms lawyers over legal aid reforms and rule of law
Social media commentators almost fall in love with new Justice Secretary, primarily because he’s not Chris Grayling
Nabarro’s revenue rockets by 21%, but junior lawyer pay rises struggle at 3%
And trainees get a big fat zilch as London firm takes restrained view to remuneration at bottom of the pile
Ex-City solicitor in crosshairs over alleged VE Day demonstration vandalism
From the Square Mile to anti-capitalist campaigner in just three years
What are the best alternatives for students turned off the bar due to lack of pupillages and legal aid cuts?
Top solicitors and barristers advise undergrads at Legal Cheek Careers at Inner Temple
Latham & Watkins is latest US firm in London to trumpet high newly-qualified retention rate
Californians will keep 95% of current UK trainees
Twitter dismay over new justice committee chair’s defence of legal aid cuts
Former barrister Bob Neill unveiled as parliamentary justice committee chairman
Now work-experience-charging firm exposed for alleged plagiarism
London niche practice forced to pull training contract blurb from website after striking similarities with wording of City and national firms were uncovered
Who is the mysterious cigar smoking London lawyer on Instagram?
Instagram user "Londonlawyer" is a social media mystery man, but is he actually a practising certificate-holder of any type?
DLA in the soup over ‘wicked witch’ label for ex-client
Regulator called in after data retention disclosure unearths embarrassing emails
Breaking news: Shearman & Sterling retains all 13 of its London trainees
New Yorkers are first off the blocks for the “autumn” newly-qualified retention figures
City lawyers pour cold water over proposed apprenticeship qualifying route
Professional regulators’ plans described as potentially weakening entry standards by not even requiring GCSEs
County court notice flags up the lack of love between barristers and solicitors
Segregation attempt triggers social media outrage from the larger branch of legal profession
Male solicitors are paid 38% more than women at commercial law firms
The sisters are taking a huge hammering worth thousands of pounds, according to research released yesterday
Exclusive: Reed Smith hands qualifying solicitors modest 1.5% pay rise
Trainees at Pittsburgh-headquartered practice do better, bagging 4% rise to take them to £38,500
Smartphones have made overtime culture ‘endemic’ in law, finds research
Study released today blames phones and tablets for allowing partners to deprive associates of almost all sleep
PM hit with social media flack for Magna Carta banalities
David Cameron’s 800th anniversary message from windswept Surrey car park wins little more than derision
Podcast: Will Mayer Brown’s new earn-while-you-learn programme kill the training contract?
Project mastermind Danielle White on a new way into the City that could change everything
Social Mobility Commission slams law firms for rich kids bias
Unofficial "poshness test" which champions "talent" keeps riff-raff out of legal profession
Exclusive Legal Cheek survey: 27% of lawyers take recreational drugs
And it’s not just a spliff round the barbecue — nearly 80% of users are keen on class-A gear
Canary Wharf law firm asks students to pay to do work experience
"You will be charged for us providing you this opportunity"
Media luvvie barristers in cat fight over alleged assault on London bus
Telly talking-head Sophia Cannon squares up against Doughty Street's Tunde Okewale -- with a phone hacking lawyer thrown into mix