Tag: Solicitors

Taylor Wessing to join host of firms in Dublin
Focus on tech and life sciences work

‘Will firms consider me for a TC if I’ve had to retake LPC exams?’
I'm currently looking for paralegal roles but have had no luck yet

Your guide to navigating a virtual training contract assessment
Legal Cheek’s Sophie Yantian chats to ULaw Leeds careers manager, Amy Walker, for her top tips

US outfit Cadwalader latest to launch in Dublin
Follows similar Irish moves by Hogan Lovells, Ashurst and Dentons

7 ways training contract hunters need to be thinking about legal research
Sarah Hallowell, head of academic marketing at LexisNexis UK, breaks it down

BBC launches SQE apprenticeship for graduates
Exclusive: Broadcasting giant teams up with ULaw to offer earn-while-you-learn route to solicitor qualification

First speakers announced for LegalEdCon 2021
Two-day virtual conference to explore future of legal education and training

UK law firms reward lawyers with COVID bonuses
Allen & Overy, Ashurst and Walker Morris latest to thank staff with cash sums

Freshfields narrows gender pay gap
Magic circle player also publishes ethnicity data and, for the first time, disability and LGBT+ results

Quinn Emanuel lawyer convicted of dangerous driving following parking row outside daughter’s nursery school
Boris Bronfentrinker tells Legal Cheek he's "considering grounds for an appeal" after being hit with £5k fine and 12 month driving ban

Remote-working across continents
Ahead of Living Room Law, the virtual conference all about lawyers who are doing things differently, consultant at Re:link and, formerly a senior associate at Linklaters, Anjalee Mead, explains how she ended up working in Zimbabwe

City lawyers share careers and commercial awareness advice
Lawyers from the London offices of Baker McKenzie, BCLP and Norton Rose Fulbright join a magic circle lawyer turned legal education specialist to discuss the key themes so far this year

DAC Beachcroft lawyers can choose where and what hours they work
'The future of work is changing and so must we,' says firm's managing partner

Junior solicitor struck off for faking colleague’s signature launches High Court appeal
Henna Zeb Khan found to have signed someone else's name on property documents during her training contract

Top Quinn Emanuel partner ‘drove at pedestrian’ during ‘aggressive’ parking row outside daughter’s nursery, court hears
London-based lawyer Boris Bronfentrinker denies dangerous driving

New speakers announced for Living Room Law virtual conference
Remote-working pioneers from Re:link Linklaters, Peerpoint by Allen & Overy, Level and Hardwicke will join our previously announced speakers from Travers Smith and Hogan Lovells

City law firms reveal latest pay gap figures
Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Clyde & Co and Irwin Mitchell go public with gender and ethnicity results

US law firms hand London associates spring bonuses of up to £47k
Milbank, Skadden, Paul Hastings and Goodwin Procter splash the cash 🤑

Two women lead Law Society for first time
I. Stephanie Boyce and Lubna Shuja also first people of colour to hold top two roles at solicitors' body

Legal Cheek launches first-ever SQE Providers guide
Get the low-down on all the major legal educators' prep courses, including fees, scholarships and more

Ban for junior solicitor who faked colleague’s signature during training contract
Claimed to have authorisation