Tag: Solicitors
Solicitors’ Profession Could Face a ‘Lost Generation Of Talent’
Three weeks on from the scrapping of the trainee minimum wage and the decision looks...
Kate Middleton’s In-House Lawyer Ex-Boyfriend To Marry Marquess’ Daughter
When St Andrews University law student Rupert Finch pulled a hot first year called Kate...
Interview Essentials: ‘It’s OK, Nobody Else Knows What the F*ck Commercial Awareness Is Either’
The other night I went out for a curry with a bunch of associate solicitors...
What Effect Will The Eurozone Crisis Have On Wannabe Lawyers?
Yesterday, I attended a conference organised by the European Commission in Brussels. It was called,...
NAMED: The Law Firm Requiring Grads To Self-Fund a £9.5K Paralegal Training Course Before They’re Considered For a TC
EXCLUSIVE: In March, Legal Cheek published a story about a firm that was asking law...
Jaguar Shoes v Jaguar Cars: Blame It On The Lawyers!
Just down the road from my crumbling flat in Hackney Legal Cheek’s Dalston studios is...
Why Snarky Blogs Should Stop Taking The Piss Out Of The London Legal Walk
It’s not all that often that I think Alex misses the point, but in his...
Greedy Associates: Freshfields Temp Scheme Could Freeze Junior Lawyer Pay For a Generation
There’s a growing consensus that junior corporate lawyers are overpaid, with a recent (paywalled) survey...
Is The London Legal Walk The Shortest, Least Taxing Sponsored Walk In The History Of Sponsored Walks?
I know it’s great to raise money for worthy causes – and I’m personally very...
PODCAST: Becoming a Lawyer In The Eddie Stobart Chambers Era (And How Graduates Can Woo Law Firms With Their Social Media Prowess)
Following Thursday’s news that Eddie Stobart lorries is launching a barristers’ arm, law graduates Cathryn...
‘I’m The MD Of Mangan Associates!’ Man Who Claimed He Was Solicitor Faces Jail
It seems that everyone is pretending – or at least allegedly pretending – to be...
Four Reasons Why The Trainee Minimum Wage Had To Go
You heard it here first, a full hour before any other publication, and it’s now...
BREAKING: Trainee Solicitor Minimum Wage Looks Like It’s About To Be Scrapped
15.20: I’ve just ducked out of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) meeting where a final...
Picture of Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Boss To Sell For £30K
Geoffrey Raymond, an artist who does annotated pictures of fallen Wall Street icons, has turned...
Law Firms Which Sponsored Award Ceremony In Double Award Win Shocker
“Every single night of every single year the Grosvenor House hotel in London is filled...
Could The Days of Lawyers Charging Clients For The Time They Spend Gossiping On Twitter Be Over?
During a brief spell working as a paralegal at Clyde & Co in 2006, I...
Law Society Cancels Conference Organised By Group That Says Being Gay Leads To ‘Disease’
Throughout last week there were murmurings of an embarrassment at the Law Society involving marriage...
#RoundMyKitchenTable: Legal Profession’s Transformation Could Be ‘King’s Cross-Like’
Within walking distance of central London, and just two hours from Paris by Eurostar, King’s...
Lawyers’ Pinterest Boards: Top Five
Since I discovered the new social networking site Pinterest – which is best described as...
SJ Berwin’s Tim Taylor QC Makes Made in Chelsea Debut
There has been much excitement in the legal world about the fact that Made in...