Tag: Solicitors

The Judge Rules: Training contracts and pupillages should be scrapped

If yet another review of legal education must be launched -- let’s hope regulators have the guts to propose something radical and meaningful

Mar 6 2015 9:08am

Twitter account publishes full defamation letter issued by George Galloway’s law firm

Chambers Solicitors' drafting reaches a wider audience

Mar 5 2015 5:44pm

Throwback Thursday: Pre-Great Recession, City law firms were all about gymnastics

In a bid for trendiness, franchise giant Eversheds released this adrenaline-fuelled video advert -- three months before the 2008 crash

Mar 5 2015 2:16pm

Ashurst racks up strong newly-qualified solicitor retention rate of 91%

And media niche firm Olswang hits 88%, but on much smaller trainee cohort

Mar 5 2015 10:28am

Police raided George Galloway’s law firm last summer

Fraud squad swooped on Chambers Solicitors in July and arrested two; meanwhile, New York-based former Tory MP reveals she’s had a Gorgeous George letter

Mar 4 2015 5:33pm

Fears of trainee recruitment free-for-all as solicitor watchdog threatens to bin code of practice

Exclusive: Law firms could be allowed to offer training contracts to students before they start uni

Mar 4 2015 3:06pm

George Galloway’s high street firm faces rough ride as media law big guns back twitterati in libel row

Bradford-based Chambers Solicitors has picked quite a fight as regulator is put on alert

Mar 4 2015 10:57am

Newly-qualified solicitor retention at Hogan Lovells takes a hit amid practice area logjam

Anglo-US firm blames lack of openings in popular practice areas as only 66% of rookie lawyers stay on

Mar 3 2015 5:50pm

Wragge & Co’s idea of ‘fun and games’ leaves a lot to be desired

The good folk over at Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co's recruitment department are a laugh a minute

Mar 3 2015 4:06pm

The horror, the horror, cries City solicitor leader at prospect of fresh training review

Uber-regulator takes heavy incoming fire after proposing yet another round of legal education navel gazing for later this year

Mar 3 2015 12:06pm

Bundle rage: Lawyer hits back after top judge labels page limit rule-breakers as ‘delinquents’

To roars of support on Twitter, St John's Chambers barrister Lucy Reed slams family division chief's court document rant

Mar 3 2015 10:46am

Law Society purges former chief executive from history books — or at least walls

Specially commissioned painting of hard man ex-boss Des Hudson is quietly removed from pride of place on Chancery Lane walls

Mar 2 2015 2:31pm

The Judge rules: The magic circle is dead! Er … no it’s not

London office of US firm or magic circle?

Feb 27 2015 9:43am

Lord Justice Leveson to brush up on Scots law as he heads north with Judge Rinder

The nation's favourite TV judges together at last

Feb 27 2015 9:10am

Government names and shames law firm for failing to pay paralegal the minimum wage

But Rowe Sparkes Solicitors reckons the low pay was legit

Feb 26 2015 6:21pm

Social welfare training contract scheme to run every year

Charity’s Justice First Fellowship programme will create eight TCs annually

Feb 25 2015 4:53pm

Latham & Watkins trounces magic circle with record-breaking earnings

New global top dog raked in nearly £2 billion last year, which buys a lot of hot dogs; while survey shows magic circle slipping in reputation stakes

Feb 25 2015 1:36pm

Ex-senior partner of law summit sponsor Allen & Overy admits regret that ticket price ruled out students

Over 50s discuss the future of law without a young person in sight

Feb 25 2015 9:17am

Norton Rose Fulbright keeps 21 out of 26 new qualifiers

Global giant retains 81% of its London trainees

Feb 24 2015 4:47pm