Tag: Solicitors

DAC Beachcroft records 81% trainee retention score
13 sign permanent deals ✍️

SQE officially comes into force
New solicitor training regime will eventually replace the LPC

7 answers to common SQE questions
Law Training Centre tackles some of your super-exam queries, ahead of tomorrow's official roll-out

Why ESG is rising to the top of the agenda for City law firms
Clare Burgess, partner in finance and capital markets at Clifford Chance, discusses how her work is changing in light of environmental, social and governance factors

RPC says lawyers can work from home permanently
Includes trainees

Exclusive: Jones Day London partner sanctioned over inappropriate behaviour at drinks event
Drunken lawyer leaves trainee shaken and upset

Six-month suspension for newly qualified solicitor who parked in disabled space
Caught using someone else's blue badge

‘Should I do a law degree if I want to be a solicitor?’
I would love to study English and then convert to law -- but I’m worried about an additional year of study and costs

ULaw and Taylor Wessing strike SQE training deal
First rookie cohort starts next year

10 things students should know about the SQE
With the new regime in force next week, Edinburgh University student Ciara Fitzgerald sums up the key changes ahead

A&O ramps up financial support for underprivileged aspiring lawyers
Six bursaries of £15k up for grabs

Work remotely up to 2.5 days a week, Travers tells lawyers
More City firms embrace agile lawyering

Dentons London NQ lawyer pay hits £80k
Trainees handed rises

Addleshaw Goddard boosts London NQ lawyer pay to £82,000
Rises in regions and Scotland too

‘Highly repetitive admin tasks’ may be ‘useful’ work experience under SQE, says Law Society
New regime in force in two weeks time

HFW boosts NQ lawyer pay 11% to £73.5k and rolls out new agile working policy
Rises for trainees too

19 social justice training contracts up for grabs at top UK legal charities
Legal Education Foundation backs next gen of would-be welfare lawyers

BCLP launches sector-focused TCs in financial services and real estate
Two spots up for grabs in London

Irwin Mitchell and Bird & Bird post latest trainee retention scores
Scores of 93% and 79%

Travers Smith to relocate City HQ
Next to Goldman Sachs and Deloitte buildings