Author: Aishah Hussain

Law firm invites training contract seekers ten-pin bowling

Recruitment with a twist 🎳

Feb 17 2022 11:45am
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Macfarlanes posts 100% spring trainee retention score

All six March qualifying rookies stay on at silver circle firm

Feb 15 2022 11:33am
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Elite law firms unite to help victims of domestic abuse secure protective injunctions

'DARA' is staffed by pro bono lawyers from Travers Smith, Debevoise, Gibson Dunn, HogLovs, Latham, Reed Smith and Slaughters

Feb 15 2022 9:14am
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Swelling junior lawyer salaries ‘only a sticking plaster’, Sir Nigel Knowles warns

DWF chief calls on law firms to find better incentives to retain talent

Feb 14 2022 11:32am
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Addleshaw Goddard merges with Irish law firm

Deal expected to close by 1 March

Feb 10 2022 10:20am
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Law firms could face action over ‘unreasonable’ lawyer workloads, SRA warns

Solicitors' watchdog says firms should do all they reasonably can to protect staff wellbeing

Feb 9 2022 11:01am
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Queen’s law firm embraces solicitor apprenticeships

Farrer & Co to welcome first cohort this autumn

Feb 8 2022 9:25am
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Trainee solicitor reveals it took her 17 years to secure a training contract

Rawa Hussain's inspirational LinkedIn post went viral, racking up hundreds of congratulatory messages

Feb 4 2022 11:33am
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Clifford Chance retains 70% of spring qualifying trainees

Final magic circle firm to reveal 2022 score

Feb 2 2022 12:40pm
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Students forced to queue for hours to book SQE exam

Wait times of up to two hours as online booking system opened this week

Feb 2 2022 11:01am
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Over two-thirds of law applicants are female

UCAS data shows almost one in ten of all applications are for law

Feb 1 2022 9:05am
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Mishcon delays stock market listing

IPO plans temporarily postponed amid market volatility

Jan 31 2022 10:40am

Withers latest to drop ‘Dear Sirs’ in emails

Reminds staff to use 'gender neutral' salutations instead

Jan 28 2022 11:49am
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Law school leaders react to first SQE results

Legal Cheek talks to the key players in legal education to understand what last week's results announcement means for students and the wider profession

Jan 26 2022 10:55am
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SRA education chief who turned ‘SQE from a concept into a reality’ to step down this summer

Julie Brannan set for long-planned retirement

Jan 25 2022 9:28am
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Just over half of students pass first ever SQE

Regulator identifies 'attainment gap' among ethnic groups

Jan 21 2022 1:30pm
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SQE results day hit by technical issues and delays

Some students found out their results late into the night, whilst some claim to have received other candidates' scores

Jan 21 2022 12:34pm

Clydes and Fieldfisher raise junior lawyer pay

£80k and £85k

Jan 20 2022 3:15pm

Criminal barristers vote to take action if government does not increase legal aid

'Justice system on its knees', say bar leaders

Jan 18 2022 10:35am