Tag: City
Social Mobility In Law: Linklaters Helps The Poor To Get £15K-a-Year Jobs In Its Print Room
Magic circle firm Linklaters has hit back at critics who claim that City law is...
Through Gritted Teeth: Aussie Lawyers Tell Of Delight At Firm’s ‘Merger’ With London Giant Ashurst In £1Million Ad Campaign
To promote its recent tie-up with Australian law firm Blake Dawson, City giant Ashurst has...
Lawyer Etiquette: Is It OK To Be Photographed Barefoot?
On Monday, I ran a story about the dad of Hugo from Made in Chelsea,...
City Lawyer In Dog Murder Stalking Riddle
Baffled police are attempting to figure out why Graeme Francis, a solicitor at Keystone Law,...
PRO BONO FAIL: Law Firms Outnumber Cases As Law Soc’s Riot Help Scheme Flops
EXCLUSIVE: It wasn’t just kids in Tottenham and Hackney who got carried away during last...
EXCLUSIVE: Freshfields Celebrates International Women’s Day With Cake-Baking Competition
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which has one of the lowest percentages of female partners (12%) of...
Does Chelsea’s City Lawyer Chairman Know What He’s Doing?
Meet Bruce Buck (pictured left), the Chelsea FC chairman, member of Roman Abramovich’s inner circle,...
City Lawyers Go After David Wolfe QC
RollOnFriday’s story about newly appointed silk David Wolfe QC (pictured) signing a letter in 2003...
Freshfields Trainees in Pretend Homelessness Adventure
Magic circle giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has given its trainee solicitors a rare break from...
What Does City ‘Mini-Boom’ Mean For Wannabe Lawyers?
Hope (of City recovery, creation of more fat cats and then another crash) is beautiful,...
Are City Law Firms Dominated by Posh Lad Culture?
Some firms have a strong penchant for rugby types like ‘spit-roast’ email trainee Daniel England;...
Psychoanalysis Corner: What ‘Spit Roast’ Email Says About Shamed City Boys
Alex Aldridge extracts the cries for help beneath the ‘G4 Tour Rules’ drafted by Shearman...
City Pro Bono Falls: Airfare Savings?
As City pro bono hours drop, Alasdair Stewart of pro bono charity LawWorks is buoyed...
Barrister, 40: How I Netted Stunner, 25
It began in turquoise waters off Hapuna Beach in Maui. David Wilman, an employed barrister...
What Are Law Recruitment Fairs For?
The trauma of the City law milkround drove law graduate Jade Ferguson to explore other...
Ticket Price to Oscars-style Lawyer Awards Soars to £7K
How do legal magazines that have seen their print advertising revenues plummet over the last...
City Law Bonuses Reach £35K – but Brazilian lawyer earnings exceed UK counterparts
It’s often forgotten that City lawyers get bonuses. But a survey released today shows average...
City Lawyer’s Dating Directness Pays Off – Despite Kidnap Ordeal
“Only go out with me because you want a baby and to settle down. I’m...
Fraudulent City Lawyer With Fake CV Facing Jail
Ever lied on your CV? I know at least two lawyers at big City law...
How Would Stephen Hawking Have Fared as a City Lawyer?
Follow @legalaware The professor’s arrival would have delighted a corporate law firm PR team, but...
GRADUATE RECRUITMENT: ‘I WOULDN’T START FROM HERE’
Follow @legalaware Initiatives like PRIME won’t change fact current system writes off talented students far...