Tag: coronavirus

Law schools report rise in pro bono work as public turn to student-staffed clinics for legal advice
Most popular areas include employment, family and housing

Life as a trainee lawyer during a global pandemic
Legal Cheek Careers catches up with Irwin Mitchell's Daryna Plysak

Addleshaw Goddard cuts 19 lawyer roles following consultation
Redundancies in real estate team

Top commercial chambers rally to save criminal pupillages cancelled due to pandemic
Group follow Keating's lead in offering emergency funding for training spots

Travers Smith restarts lawyer salary reviews and increases pay
Business services and support staff salaries remain frozen

Clifford Chance restores NQ lawyer pay following COVID cut
Exclusive: £100k package returns

Prioritise terminally ill during COVID vaccine roll-out, urges Pinsent Masons comms chief
Fred Banning has stage four bowel cancer

More law firms pay back furlough funds
DAC Beachcroft and Bevan Brittan follow host of City firms in returning government cash

‘How I helped steer a global law firm through the pandemic’
Ahead of Friday’s virtual event, Mayer Brown’s London managing partner Sally Davies discusses the remote-working revolution -- and why failing to embrace change would be a ‘travesty’

Part 3: Does the government’s COVID-19 response comply with the rule of law?
Oxford law grad and aspiring barrister Jordan Briggs wades into the Dominic Cummings saga in this final instalment of a three-part mini-series

Home-working: 3 out of 4 solicitors experiencing feelings of isolation and lack of motivation
Cracks beginning to show in WFH model, particularly among juniors, report finds

From 5G to the COVID vaccine — meet the lawyers working in the hottest sectors
A panel of Bristows lawyers reveal all

Law prof drafts in Tiger King’s Carole Baskin to motivate students
Netflix star features in inspirational vid

Slaughter and May boosts Xmas bonuses but sticks with pay freeze
Also reinstates partner distributions

UCL law students complain of ‘overwhelming’ workload and ‘unhealthy’ screen usage during online studies
Exclusive: 'The safety, health and wellbeing of our students is our highest priority', says uni in response

Law firms continue to repay government furlough cash
Burges Salmon follows moves made by Eversheds and Dentons

Key commercial awareness talking points for future lawyers
Courtesy of experts from Baker McKenzie, BCLP, Ropes & Gray and ULaw

Corona-vires: Lord Sumption gets his case law on as he and Lady Hale blast pandemic regulations
Cheeky bit of Liversidge v Anderson

Part 2: Does the government’s COVID-19 response comply with the rule of law?
Oxford law grad and aspiring barrister Jordan Briggs examines five further criteria in this second instalment of a three-part mini-series

The pandemic’s long-lasting impact on the way lawyers work
Shoosmiths associate Dan Goddard discusses agile working, tech and joining the firm just before the first lockdown

The global pandemic and its impact on employment law
Burges Salmon employment lawyers explain how they navigate ever-shifting coronavirus workplace issues, guidance and regulations