Tag: Solicitors

Senior legal figures discuss issues around Black lawyer retention and career progression during Dechert-sponsored panel event to mark Black History Month

Legal Cheek exclusive research shows how the average working hours for junior lawyers have fared in the face of changing work arrangements

Crypto art 🤝 billable hours

Courtesy of five trainees at Shearman & Sterling

Law Training Centre's 'Access to Law' scheme enables candidates to complete part one prep course for just £950

11-month programme includes super-exam prep and 'bespoke' top-up course

Pinsent Masons partner Sonal Shah contemplates her career journey to date and comments on how the infrastructure sector has fared throughout Covid-19

TC hopefuls can now get the 'trainee experience' via their phones

Some junior lawyers are finishing work after 11pm most nights

Goodwin senior associate Raymond Fang tells Legal Cheek Careers about his day to day and the standout deals he's advised on

DWF senior associate Paul Maddock explains how his passion for board games helps in his day-to-day legal life

Rises of up to 11% 💷

Squire Patton Boggs partner Michelle Adams didn’t get the A-Level grades she’d hoped for and started training at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis; here she talks to Legal Cheek Careers about navigating choppy waters to get to where she is today

Many outfits report rise in chargeable hours, especially at senior levels

Mayer Brown trainee Cheryl Stevart discusses her career journey from publishing to corporate law, ahead of her appearance at this week's virtual student event

Trainees handed substantial rises of £7,500

Attacked law student before groping another woman while she slept

Taylor Wessing partner Adam Marks reflects on his career journey to date and his latest project, City 2040

First cohort starts September 2024

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Ashurst partner Navdeep Benning discusses her career journey to date