Tag: Baker & McKenzie

‘Working at a music festival, in the army and as a teacher made me a better lawyer’
Baker McKenzie’s Jonathan Tham highlights the importance of non-legal work experience

DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie latest to cut NQ pay
Both firms anticipate salary reviews in due course

A snapshot of trainee life at an international law firm
Baker McKenzie beyond the graduate recruitment brochure

Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic
Also implements reduced working week option

Virtual Pride 2020: Law firms move celebrations online in light of COVID-19
Bingo, discos and virtual 'voguing' -- a lot is going on(line) in recognition of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies

Ex-Baker McKenzie boss who attempted to kiss junior lawyer fined £55,000
Amounted to serious professional misconduct, tribunal finds

Unexpected death of former Baker McKenzie chief was suicide, inquest hears
Paul Rawlinson took his own life at Swiss treatment centre

Hand sanitiser, face masks and temperature testing — legal life post-lockdown
City firms plan lawyers return

Law students pessimistic about pandemic career prospects, survey shows
But future trainees think their TC offers will still be honoured

Slaughters, Bakers, Bird & Bird, Skadden and Debevoise move to virtual vacation schemes
New online offerings to mirror in-office experience but will be shorter than originally planned

Disciplinary tribunal against former Baker McKenzie boss restarts via Zoom
Ex-managing partner Gary Senior accused of kissing junior lawyer in hotel room

Business but not as usual: Lawyers share ‘work from home’ snaps on social media
Including one trainee with a paralegal pet tortoise

The 10 best legal social media users of 2020
Starring the 'vlawgers' and legal influencers bringing life to the law

Virus pandemic: Baker McKenzie and Herbert Smith Freehills postpone spring vacation schemes
Along with Charles Russell Speechlys and Penningtons Manches Cooper

Coronavirus: Linklaters postpones insight scheme as Taylor Wessing closes London office after employee tests positive
Host of City players trial remote working capabilities in wake of pandemic

The impact of coronavirus on global law firms
Commercial outfits will continually strive to keep up with the challenges presented by the novel virus -- but the extent of the damage remains unknown

Meet the LinkedIn influencer and future City trainee helping students achieve training contract success
He’s racked up nearly 10,000 followers on the professional networking site

Baker McKenzie’s London office reopens after employee tests negative for coronavirus
Sent staff home on Thursday

Baker McKenzie closes London office as ‘precautionary measure’ to combat potential coronavirus case
Staff told to work from home

14 law firms named in LGBT top 100 employer list
Newcastle City Council takes top spot

Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper and Clifford Chance lead the way on 2020 brand power rankings
Based on opinions of multinational bigwigs