Tag: Solicitors

Life as a healthcare lawyer during a global pandemic
Mills & Reeve partner Dawn Brathwaite shares her career journey and offers advice to aspiring lawyers

London NQ lawyer pay at Weil swells to £145k
Also records perfect 100% retention score

A&O partner resigns after footage of office canoodling surfaces online
'The matter has been investigated and addressed', says firm spokesperson

Kent Uni law students launch TV series exploring ‘contemporary legal issues’
The Grenfell disaster, Brexit and immigration

Ban for rookie solicitor who ‘misappropriated’ over £100k
Fabricated signatures

Meet the law students having second thoughts about criminal practice
Many are still keen on crime but very aware of 'atrocious' pay and conditions

Clifford Chance and Slaughters confirm autumn retention scores of 70% and 82%
All on permanent deals

A&O ramps up US presence with new Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices
Scoops eights lawyers from White & Case

Skadden secures new skyscraper office featuring City’s first ‘sky-wall’ climbing window
Corporate perks reach new heights

Do law students still fancy a life in crime?
Low pay, long hours and a crumbling justice system could be putting off the next generation of criminal lawyers

Trainee solicitor barred over past stalking conviction
Offence occurred in 2016

Travers partner profits soar 21% to £1.2 million
Revenue up too 📈

Eversheds becomes latest City firm to target net zero emissions
By 2050 or sooner

Clyde & Co confirms 79% autumn trainee retention score
Holds junior lawyer salaries steady

Gibson Dunn hikes London junior lawyer salaries to £145k
Covington raises NQ rates to £128k

Pinsent Masons keeps 63 of 72 autumn qualifying trainees
Womble Bond Dickinson and Watson Farley & Williams also record solid autumn results

Legal blogger offers sneak peek inside magic circle firm’s perk-filled office
Swimming pool ✅ gym ✅ hair salon ✅

White & Case lawyers cast predictions for the post-pandemic world
Associates from across the firm’s offices in Dubai, Frankfurt, London and New York share unique perspectives on the pandemic’s impact on their practice areas

Taylor Wessing ups NQ lawyer pay to £81k and confirms 74% retention score
Rises for trainees too