Tag: Solicitors

Hogan Lovells launches trainee mentoring scheme to boost retention of BAME lawyers
Group sessions to cover topics including 'relationship building' and 'overcoming Imposter Syndrome'

Linklaters to fund SQE prep courses for refugee lawyers
Through tie-up with BARBRI and charity Breaking Barriers

Osborne Clarke hands staff a slice of the profits as Shoosmiths says ‘thank you’ with bonuses
Lockdown rewards continue

DLA Piper launches solicitor apprenticeship for school-leavers
Six-year programme starts in September from firm's Manchester office

From homeless law student to magic circle trainee
A&O rookie and YouTuber Tashan Dwyer sits down with Legal Cheek to reflect on the challenges he's had to overcome to realise his lawyer dream

Watch now: A vlogger’s guide to a spring virtual vacation scheme
Chloe Moran shares her experience at the Legal Cheek and ULaw week-long Virtual Vacation Scheme 2021

City law firms take nine spots in ‘Top 50 Employers for Women’ list
Recognised for paving the way towards gender-equal workplaces

Clifford Chance to allow lawyers to work remotely up to 50% of the time
New policy comes into effect once Covid restrictions are lifted on 21 June

Teen charged with junior lawyer’s murder
Khuram Javed shot dead in Sheffield earlier this month

Slaughter and May pushes ahead with associate salary rises
Magic circle player also restarts staff pay reviews as part of an easing of financial measures put in place during the pandemic

Pressure to generate returns forces listed law firms to think outside the box
Investors aren’t interested in how many offices firms have got or other traditional prestige metrics

Mishcon de Reya poised for stock market flotation in move which would see trainees and junior lawyers become shareholders
Could take place later this year

BARBRI strikes SQE prep course deals with three international law schools
Legal education provider to offer UK-qualifying solicitor courses to students in France, Spain and Singapore

Squire Patton Boggs targets 25% UK female partners by 2026
Firm sets diversity targets for first time

How to skilfully pass the SQE
Solicitor and legal training expert Neeta Halai answers common questions about the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and shares top tips from her new book, available to pre-order now

Choose ‘where and when you work’, Irwin Mitchell tells lawyers
National firm set to transform offices into 'collaborative working hubs' as part of post-Covid plans

Bristol Uni law grad, 21, becomes one of the youngest people to pass New York bar
Despite Covid-19 attack a month before the exam

Shoosmiths launches Belfast training contract
First trainee to start in September 2021

Shearman ups NQ lawyer pay to £135,000
Trainees also awarded pay rises

Could junior lawyers be the next digital nomads?
City trainee Inshaal Ahmad weighs up the pros and cons of adopting a nomadic lifestyle in the post-vaccine world

Linklaters bumps NQ solicitor salaries after Covid cuts
£92.5k plus discretionary bonus