Tag: Solicitors

Junior lawyer quits profession to become pet psychic
Now earns more

City lawyer, 26, on £150k salary goes public with how she spends her hard-earned money
Over £33k in savings and zero student debt

Clifford Chance appoints first global head of wellbeing and employee experience
Charles Alberts will oversee staff welfare as part of newly created role

Big Four structural overhaul could spawn ‘multidisciplinary beast’ capable of swallowing up City law firms
Splitting audit and advisory functions could be key, says Richard Susskind

Why I chose to do my training contract in-house
Newly qualified legal counsel Laiana Alleyne explains why City law isn't the be-all and end-all

How to break into law as a career changer
Four lawyers who came to the profession from industries including music, retail and academia tell all

HSF confirms SQE maintenance grant of £17,000
Matches moves by Freshfields and Linklaters 💷

How to nail a summer vac scheme
Three future trainees give their top tips

Criminal law not an attractive long-term career, say 81% of junior lawyers
Low pay 👎 long hours 👎 poor work-life balance 👎

The incredible true story of the only solicitor ever to hang for murder
A perfect 1920s murder mystery is explored in a compelling narrative by journalist and author, Stephen Bates

Fewer than a quarter of burnt-out lawyers feel supported by their firm
Lack of help comes despite research showing vast majority have suffered exhaustion at some point in their careers

Bakers provides £4k LPC ‘boost grant’ to future trainees in financial difficulty
On top of standard £10k maintenance support

Regional NQ lawyer pay hits record high as Hogan Lovells increases to £70k in Birmingham
Exclusive: Rise of over 30%

Addleshaws to shutter Hong Kong office as DWF enters city with new alliance
One out, one in 🇭🇰

A&O to help fund disadvantaged students through Queen’s University Belfast
Magic circle player to provide 45 bursaries

Top City firms help establish Black British civil rights group
The Black Equity Organisation aims to ‘address issues of structural racism’ through six key mandates

SRA rebuke for former City partner who put his arm around trainee in strip club
Current firm defends partner Peter Walmsley over incident several years ago

Regulator’s fining powers set to increase 1000% to £25k
Rule-breaking lawyers beware

BPP, King’s, Southbank and Westminster among law schools recognised for pro bono work
Efforts to advance access to justice praised at annual LawWorks ceremony