Tag: COVID-19
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A student’s diary of a virtual vacation scheme
Sophie Currie reflects on a jam-packed week at The Legal Cheek-ULaw Virtual Vacation Scheme
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Clifford Chance launches year-round global virtual work experience programme
Exclusive: New approach means there'll be no summer 2021 vacation scheme -- but magic circle firm will continue to offer some in-office internships
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Exam proctoring: a law student’s experience
As law schools shift exams online in the wake of the coronavirus, one aspiring lawyer reveals her first encounter was 'mostly positive'
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DWF pairs trainees with partners who qualified during 2008 financial crash to mentor them through COVID-19 uncertainty
37 rookies jostle for just 25 NQ jobs
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HFW offers future trainees £5,000 to defer training contracts
The push backs continue
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Womble Bond Dickinson extends training contracts by six months in response to coronavirus
Exclusive: Firm also pushes back autumn TC start dates
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COVID-19: Emphasising the societal impact of business decisions
Future trainee solicitor Isabella Mason considers the implications for law firms
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DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie latest to cut NQ pay
Both firms anticipate salary reviews in due course
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ULaw and BPP confirm campuses will reopen this autumn
Temperature tests and other safety measures to combat virus spread will be put in place
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BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000
Belt-tightening measures across the City continue
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‘We just love being lawyers’, sings CMS choir
The show must go on -- even under lockdown
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Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%
COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease
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COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online
Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms
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Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic
Also implements reduced working week option
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How to secure a training contract at a global law firm in Hong Kong
Five industry experts share their top tips
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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
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Hogan Lovells cuts NQ pay and freezes salaries for some trainees
Exclusive: Second year rookies to remain on first year salaries
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Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k
Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut
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How training contract hunters can stand out from the crowd after COVID-19
ULaw’s director of employability John Watkins discusses the importance of being productive and why future lawyers must exude web-cam confidence
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Allen & Overy reopens City HQ on ‘permission-only basis’
Distancing measures put in place