Tag: Solicitors

Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans abandon merger talks
Duo decide 'best path forward is to remain independent'

The 10 best legal social media users of 2023
Which lawfluencer will win this year's Legal Cheek Award?

Exclusive: Baker McKenzie lawyer quits citing ‘lack of diversity’ in email to colleagues
Firm apologises and says it is conducting 'thorough review of the issues highlighted'

5 takeaways from our training contract application masterclass
Lawyers and graduate recruitment specialists come together to discuss the dos and don’ts of the TC process

Spike in lawyers questioning their career choice
Majority of callers to wellbeing charity LawCare are trainee or junior

Forsters boosts NQ lawyer pay to £80k — also ups law school maintenance grants
£8k for both PGDL and SQE

Which practice area boasts the smartest lawyers?
Legal Cheek commenters spark debate

Rebuke for solicitor who made ‘lewd gesture’ at firm Christmas party
2017 incident caught on video

Suits out, sequins in! ‘Diva of Divorce’ Ayesha Vardag reveals new firm dress code which encourages lawyers to express themselves with gold leather trousers, scarlet Dr Martens and even pink hair
Inspired by extravagant private member's club in London's Mayfair

Over 700 solicitors admitted through new SQE route
Five exams now taken place, SRA reveals

8 out of 9 spring NQs stay put at Addleshaws
All permanent contracts

Judge tells Kanye West’s lawyers Greenberg Traurig to try harder to reach him
US firm had requested court's permission to use newspaper ads

How ESG is shaking things up at law firms
Hill Dickinson partners explain how the heightened focus on environmental, social and governance is changing their work

Former junior lawyer goes public with decision to quit City law
Nina Pulimood recalls her journey into corporate law, then out again, and removing the 'safety blanket of financial stability'

10 memes that accurately capture the pain of TC application season
Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favour…

BCLP offers lawyers ‘time-off bonuses’
New policy aims to encourage outside interests and family time; also sets aside hours for diversity and innovation

Sleuthing former Clifford Chance lawyer leaves Nadhim Zahawi fighting for his political life
Dan Neidle calls for former chancellor to apologise after he reportedly paid around £5 million to HMRC

Ashurst posts 84% spring retention score
16 out of 19

Clifford Chance posts 69% spring retention result
29 out of 42

Regulator mulls tweaking SQE to reflect Welsh law
Students may have to learn how and when to apply it