Tag: Solicitors

Top threats to UK law firms? Tech-savvy competitors, talent snapped up by rivals and the growth of US players, new report finds
Less worried about the 'Big Four'

Mistaking a partner for a vac schemer, deal-wrecking typos and costing clients thousands — lawyers annoymously share their TC blunders
“The sinking feeling when I realised the error was horrifying," one Reddit user wrote

How I used my background in neuroscience to make it as a lawyer
Bristows' Gregory Bacon on his transition from academia to IP and what STEM students can offer law firms

Shoosmiths imposes £200 ‘levy’ on lawyers choosing to travel by plane
Money goes to designated carbon fund

TC applications at Clifford Chance jump 50% since 2018
Magic Circle player publishes new eye-catching stats in a bid to help students "make the best choices for them"

My life as a green finance lawyer
Hogan Lovells' Andrew Carey maps out his career, ahead of tomorrow's virtual student event

Will legal tech doom the billable hours model for law firms?
Oxford University history student Lewis Ogg looks into the impact of legal tech on the way firms charge for their legal services, and calls time on billable hours

Squires introduces ‘all-in Thursdays’ in WFH policy shake-up
Change 'works for a majority of people', says firm

One energy lawyer’s journey from Nigeria to Leeds
Chisolu Obumneke-Okeke, an infrastructure, projects & energy associate at Addleshaw Goddard, discusses how this exciting area of the law brought him to the UK

Addleshaws to recruit trainee solicitors in Ireland
Follows combination with Dublin player Eugene F Collins

SRA joins firms in dishing out cost of living payments to staff
Earmarks £550,000

History made as Law Society installs first Asian and Muslim president
Lubna Shuja says she will focus on improving the justice system, upholding the rule of law and supporting her fellow solicitors

Top firms pledge to treat training contracts and apprenticeships as equals
Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields and NRF among big legal players promising not to disadvantage candidates qualifying through alternative routes

Eversheds posts 82% trainee solicitor retention score
Latest cohort includes seven apprentices

World’s largest law firm strikes ‘historic’ combo with Indian legal player
Dentons enters super-restricted market

Top law firms and high-quality work: Why aspiring lawyers should consider a career in the South West
University of Law campus dean Zoe King makes the case for legal life in Bristol and Exeter, ahead of Thursday's in-person workshops and networking evening

Clydes records 76% trainee retention result
39 out of 51

Imposter syndrome hits lawyers hardest, survey finds
One in three say their work dreams cause them anxiety

Pay, stress and poor work-life balance among top reasons why lawyers are quitting
Research suggests almost a quarter said they wanted a career change

TLT picks BPP to put trainees through the SQE
Deal covers firm's apprentices too