Tag: Solicitors

The campaign for the trainee solicitor minimum salary is being resurrected

Battle to protect trainee pay not over yet

Jan 28 2015 10:56am

95% of top law firms predict ‘massive consolidation’ over next two years

The firm you join as a trainee may not be the firm at which you qualify

Jan 27 2015 12:55pm

Ex-Shearman & Sterling lawyer goes viral with YouTube rap

Unlikely social media sensation of the week ...

Jan 27 2015 11:01am

City firm tries to boost women partner numbers by getting female trainees to talk more about career development

Herbert Smith Freehills' new women trainee network is part of firm's bid to make its partnership 30% female

Jan 27 2015 9:43am

Alternative careers: junior solicitor launches cat cafe to help stressed out students

Feline-themed venture by Maclay Murray & Spens lawyer could be purrrfect for beleaguered legal hopefuls

Jan 23 2015 10:56am

Clifford Chance’s Aysh Chaudhry saga — a sad and salutary tale

Global mega firm caught between a rock and a hard place as fall-out from YouTube rant lingers

Jan 23 2015 8:17am

Dentons merges with China’s Dacheng to become the biggest law firm ever to grace the planet

London firm quiet on prospects for trainees in wake of China merger

Jan 22 2015 12:12pm

The first City law firm trainee retention rate of 2015 has been released

Trowers & Hamlins' 82% figure bodes well, but it's early days yet

Jan 21 2015 10:30am

London office of US firm launches unpaid vac scheme-lite for first year students

Weil Gotshal & Manges cites an “increasingly competitive environment” in move to target ever-younger students, who will be working for free

Jan 20 2015 6:33pm

£1,750-a-head Magna Carta ‘summit’ hijacked by legal aid event that costs a tenner

With delegate fees at more than £1,700, don’t expect to see too many young lawyers brushing shoulders with the PM and BoJo at next month’s official Magna Carta celebrations. But there is an alternative…

Jan 20 2015 2:11pm

Someone has done a poo on the floor of Westminster Magistrates Court

Solicitor’s tweet about excrement on floor of Westminster Magistrates Court leads to Vice interview

Jan 20 2015 11:53am

Full 21 minute video: Clifford Chance trainee’s Charlie Hebdo rant has re-appeared on YouTube

Exclusive: Magic circle rookie issues apology as his controversial musings on Paris attacks re-emerge online

Jan 19 2015 9:34am

You might want to avoid White & Case’s canteen

London office of US firm given 1/5 hygiene rating by Food Standards Agency

Jan 16 2015 2:12pm

Clifford Chance trainee pulls Charlie Hebdo rant from YouTube

Exclusive: Magic circle firm distances itself from rookie's online diatribe -- not difficult to imagine the reaction of senior partners

Jan 14 2015 4:52pm

Legal profession has best-ever showing in gay-friendly employer rankings

Three law firms make top 10 of Stonewall list, seven more in top 100 -- and one granted "star performer" status. Plus the CPS is there too

Jan 14 2015 11:30am

Is this the most random Twitter hacking ever to have befallen a law firm?

Hill Dickinson’s Twitter account "hacked" by The Undateables fan

Jan 14 2015 9:21am

BBC throws jobless LPC students a training contract lifeline

New in-house TCs start in September this year

Jan 12 2015 12:10pm

11 reasons to think twice about doing the BPTC

Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today's deadline? Read this first

Jan 12 2015 9:37am

Latham & Watkins becomes latest firm to ‘northshore’ with Manchester support office

City law firms' quest for lower overheads and staff costs continues

Jan 9 2015 11:42am

Why the cab rank rule is history

There’s never a taxi when you want one -- the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date

Jan 9 2015 10:33am

Law firms ditch training contracts in favour of ‘periods of recognised training’

25-year-old term consigned to history as not-very-catchy replacement is introduced

Jan 8 2015 10:57am