Tag: Solicitors

Trainee solicitor sets sights on Miss Universe crown
Balancing TC and pageants

Slaughters swerves Magic Circle pay war — for now
NQ rates remain at £115k despite rivals raising

Lawyers limber up as countdown to London Legal Walk begins
On track for record-breaking year with 750 teams signed up so far

Wellbeing charity encourages lawyers to talk about their struggles with anxiety
LawCare campaign marks start of Mental Health Awareness Week

Lawyer reaches final of Eurovision
Immigration specialist by day, glam rocker by night 🤟

Clifford Chance launches climate risk virtual internship with Swiss Re
Magic Circle player offers aspiring lawyers 'rare exposure' on a range of insurance and reinsurance matters

Exclusive research: SQE prep not enough say majority of law firms
Nearly two-thirds require future trainees to undertake practice area-focused modules

TC seekers urged to probe City law firms’ links to fossil fuel industry
Advice to wannabe lawyers comes as part of new student report examining legal professions links to oil and gas industry

‘I swapped nursing for law after reading Donoghue v Stevenson’
Anne Robertson reflects on her journey from nurse to solicitor, and now Undergraduate Programme and Student Lead at The University of Law's Leeds campus

Dechert to cut lawyer roles in London amid ‘market challenges’
US giant axes City roles as part of 5% reduction in global workforce

Reed Smith expands in Leeds with office move
Plus TLT makes moves in Manchester

‘Help! I can’t secure a training contract’
Shearman & Sterling senior recruitment manager Paul Gascoyne lends his expertise for a special edition of our Career Conundrums series

How tech is changing legal research
Stephanie Lawrence, Product Manager at LexisNexis UK, speaks about AI and how it helps her team create more user-friendly tools for lawyers and law students

Male law firm partner fined £23k for ‘sexualised’ song towards female trainee
'Grave breach of trust', tribunal finds

Shearman boosts trainee pay to £55k and £60k — also ups law school maintenance support
Grants of £17k during PGDL and SQE

What are the hours like at US law firms in London — are they different to Magic Circle firms?
Aspiring lawyer requires advice

A&O matches Links with £125k NQ lawyer salary
MC firm opted not to increase last year citing 'challenging' economic conditions

Linklaters increases newly-qualified lawyer pay to £125,000
Exclusive: Matches Magic Circle rivals Clifford Chance and Freshfields

Over half of lawyers say ChatGPT should be used for legal work
New report shines spotlight on profession's attitudes towards AI

Super regulator to probe lawyers’ misuse of NDAs
LSB keen to hear from legal professionals and those exploited by gagging clauses

Taylor Wessing confirms London office glow-up
‘Retain and repair... rather than replace,’ says firm in sustainability-driven decision