Tag: coronavirus
Life as a restructuring lawyer during a global crisis
Weil partner Matt Benson on helping businesses tackle the financial fallout from COVID-19
Hogan Lovells restarts lawyer salary reviews following COVID-19 suspension
Firm also reverses US associate pay reductions
Squire Patton Boggs to let lawyers work remotely up to 50% of time
Six-month trial coincides with City office move
Majority of legal workers say working from home has improved their work-life balance
Almost half are 'dreading going back to the workplace'
Life as a magic circle partner… and how it’s changed due to the pandemic
Clifford Chance’s David Metzger discusses the challenges ahead for the construction industry, what the new era of big government means for law firms and why aspiring lawyers must become better listeners
Reed Smith cuts London lawyer roles in wake of pandemic
13 associates and six support staff redundant following review
Dechert boosts London NQ solicitor pay to £120,000
Despite COVID
Majority of legal workers expect a pay rise within next year, study finds
One fifth feel confident in securing a promotion despite coronavirus effect on economy
Work remotely up to 50% of the time, Linklaters tells lawyers
Magic circle player to embrace WFH life post-COVID
How aspiring lawyers can better understand the legal market
Lawyer turned BPP University Law School training manager Natasha Saleh shares her advice to students looking to secure a training contract post-COVID
The trends future lawyers should look out for
Three experts based in Sheffield share their predictions for the post-COVID world
BPTC student ‘forced to defer’ exams over fears she’d have to remove headscarf for male invigilator
BSB says proctoring partner could not guarantee female assessor due to increased demand during pandemic
Proctoring problems: Bar students urinate in bottles and buckets over fears online exams will be terminated
One barrister hopeful is said to have worn an adult diaper
White & Case records 88% trainee retention and introduces remote international secondments
Two on fixed-term contracts
Why law students should consider a career in the North
ULaw Leeds and Sheffield campus dean Matt Tomlinson highlights the opportunities available to students in the northern city regions and shares his advice on securing a TC amid the COVID crisis
New ‘10xChallenge’ replaces London Legal Walk
Due to public health considerations regarding social distancing and mass gatherings
Home-working: Older solicitors more likely to struggle with tech compared to younger colleagues, research finds
Do you know your Zoom from your Hangouts?
The opportunities for future City lawyers in a post-COVID world
Three associates from the London offices of Freshfields, Baker McKenzie and Reed Smith join a ULaw careers expert to share advice
‘Eat Out to Help Out’… at the Supreme Court
Top court’s café joins government’s new discount scheme -- but remains closed for now
Magic circle partner reveals how home-working has changed his life for the better
A&O funds lawyer Paul Sampson says he can now have dinner with his wife and read his kids a bedtime story