Tag: Solicitors

Full video: SQE v LPC: which route is best for me?
BPP University careers experts weigh up the options available to future solicitors

Report flags differences in SQE pass rates between white and BAME candidates
Plus exam fee increases on the way

And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2023 are…
Who won what: revealed

How Macfarlanes is working to make law firm careers more accessible
Macfarlanes’ early legal careers senior manager Catherine Morgan-Guest speaks about the firm’s initiatives to broaden their recruitment pool

Government Legal Department reveals SQE plans
Also looks to increase trainee numbers

Law ranks second for graduate earning power
Beaten by investment banking

The College of Legal Practice strikes SQE training partnership with national law firm
Clarke Wilmott gives 'most promising' paralegals opportunity to qualify as solicitors

‘Robot lawyer’ sued because it ‘does not have a law degree’
DoNotPay CEO Joshua Browder says claims have ‘no merit’

Over a third of lawyers missed out on pay boosts last year
Only 18% received cost of living rise, survey finds, while more than a quarter are considering job change

PI specialist Fletchers expands TC offering with Leeds office launch
Firm targets 'one of the fastest-growing business and financial hubs in the UK'

‘A training contract is like a marriage — you need to find the right one’
Ahead of Howard Kennedy’s application deadline next month, we ask Kerry Price, a trainee at the firm, for her top application tips

Solicitor apprenticeship expert and SRA education chief to join top lawfluencers at LegalEdCon 2023
📣 First speaker announcement

Female City law firm leaders share words of wisdom on International Women’s Day
Legal Cheek asks those at the top of their game for advice to aspiring lawyers

Asset management firm tight-lipped on TC cancellation reports
MJ Hudson supposedly releases 12 rookies

Apprenticeship specialist creates new pathway for part-qualified aspiring solicitors
Damar Training says tie-up with BARBRI 'significantly widens access' to TC alternative

Legal Twitter reveals its craziest law firm merch
NRF ping pong balls? Or perhaps an Irwin Mitchell unicorn?

Baker McKenzie Belgium managing partner departs firm following review into racism claims
Firm looks to assemble new management team and takes 'appropriate action' in relation to other staff

Shearman and Hogan Lovells end merger talks
'A combination at this time is not in the best interest of either firm,' say duo

Law Society to trial regional admission ceremonies for solicitors qualifying outside London
First one later this year