Tag: Solicitors
Meet the ‘Humans of Law’
Inspired by global social media sensation “Humans of New York”, two Legal Cheek work experience students have set up a legal profession version
Crime legal aid firms are forced to offer cheap ‘McJustice’ to clients, says strike leader
Head of London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association also has a pop at legal education establishment
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With the courts closed and the legal profession in holiday mode, what better opportunity to do lots of pointless presentations?
Baker & McKenzie insists paralegal applicants must be two-year qualified solicitors
Now you have to be a qualified lawyer to get a non-qualified job
Latest research: three-quarters of young lawyers say they fear professional ‘burnout’
More money would help rectify work-life unbalance … along with fewer irritating clients
Legal charity offers seven social welfare training contracts for second year running
Application process kicks off next week for positions across the UK
Last-minute training contract applications are a waste of time
Thinking of burning the midnight oil to make a bid for City glory? Don’t, advise top law firm specialists
Two silks and a regional law firm have best High Court ‘win rates’, says survey
Boffins invoke artificial intelligence to determine which are the best litigation horses to back
Revised trainee solicitor hiring code is here; market braces for chaos
Law firm pressure forces junior lawyers group to drop application deadline guidance
CMS finally brings newly-qualified lawyer pay back to 2008 levels with £3k rise
City firm ups junior lawyer pay to £66k
Full transcript of judge’s luggage rant at British Airways lawyers emerges
What appears to be court stenographer’s note appears online
Trowers & Hamlins posts poor autumn retention rate of 71% for qualifying lawyers
Erratic retention performance continues amid concerns swirling around firm’s profits and financial health
#LawyerSchmovies: 13 top movie titles improved by references to the law
The latest social media craze is all about law and films
Crime legal aid lawyers paying the price for years of fat cat fees, says top silk
Incendiary remarks could divide profession as barristers head to picket lines today in support of solicitors' battle against MoJ rate cuts
Solicitor leader struck off for fiddling funds
Curse of the Law Society governing body strikes again as disciplinary tribunal gives the bullet to council member
Comments of the week
The best below-the-line thoughts from the last five days
Rubbish press release: take a bow, Slaughter and May
Old skool City law firm fails to get a grip on this new PR thing
Law firm partner in alleged drink-fuelled air rage ruck on London-bound flight
A 41-year-old woman corporate immigration expert is suspended after producing a passable impersonation of an Essex lager lout
Legal aid strike falling apart as big firms head back to work
Exclusive: Rumours suggest that core group has struck a deal on verge of Ministry of Justice meeting
From wasps to car-hire — junior lawyers need to diversify
There are many ways to exhibit commercial awareness...
Fried Mars bars — Scottish judges and lawyers love ‘em …
Shock discovery reveals secret legal profession culinary habits north of border