Tag: Solicitors

Linklaters looks to slash emissions by up to 70%
Magic circle player latest to up its green efforts 🍃

Kirkland’s London MoneyLaw pay plunges as dollar weakens sharply
Junior lawyers bemoan $190k+ dollar-pegged salaries

Ex-Reed Smith trainee accuses firm of disability discrimination
Employment Tribunal dismissed further race discrimination claim

Mills & Reeve kicks off autumn retention season with 100% score
All 19 trainees to stay put

US firm Paul Hastings tells London lawyers work from the office ‘by default’
From 7 September 🗓️

Asparagus recipe accidentally included in Belgian law database
'Bon Appétit!' read the final line

Eversheds lawyers to work from the office two to three days a week
New 'blended working' model applies to firm's trainees too

What to consider when making the leap into law from another profession
Lawyers who’ve done it share their insights

Slaughters targets 40% female partner promotions by 2027
Magic circle player latest to go public with diversity goals

CMS and Clydes thank lawyers with Covid bonuses
Extra 5% and 3% of salary at each firm

A guide to covering the cost of your SQE
BARBRI deputy managing director, Robert Dudley, on why scholarships and social inclusion are so important when it comes to funding the SQE

Work from home 50% of the time, Dechert tells lawyers
Simmons also allows staff to work remotely -- but for 60%

Ashurst appoints first female global chair
London partner Karen Davies takes top role from 1 August

Norton Rose Fulbright launches solicitor apprenticeship scheme in London
Global firm's Newcastle hub targets aspiring paralegals with launch of separate programme

Slaughter and May to allow trainees to work remotely one day a week
New policy enables 'majority' of staff to work away from the office up to 40% of the time

Pinsent Masons repays government furlough money
Fieldfisher restores lawyer and staff pay

Take a Covid-19 test before coming into the office, Skadden tells unvaccinated London lawyers
Internal memo urges staff to get jabbed

How being #socialmediasavvy can help you secure a training contract
Boost your application with Shoosmiths’ handy hashtags

SRA: Online exams here to stay
LPC providers given option to continue with proctoring measures post-pandemic

Trainees tell us what they love (and hate) about remote working
Junior lawyers reflect on their mixed experiences as they prepare to return to the office

Slaughters hands lawyers and staff Covid bonuses
Extra 5% 'in recognition of everybody’s hard work'