Tag: COVID-19
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
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
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'
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
HFW offers future trainees £5,000 to defer training contracts
The push backs continue
Womble Bond Dickinson extends training contracts by six months in response to coronavirus
Exclusive: Firm also pushes back autumn TC start dates
COVID-19: Emphasising the societal impact of business decisions
Future trainee solicitor Isabella Mason considers the implications for law firms
DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie latest to cut NQ pay
Both firms anticipate salary reviews in due course
ULaw and BPP confirm campuses will reopen this autumn
Temperature tests and other safety measures to combat virus spread will be put in place
BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000
Belt-tightening measures across the City continue
‘We just love being lawyers’, sings CMS choir
The show must go on -- even under lockdown
Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%
COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease
COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online
Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms
Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic
Also implements reduced working week option
How to secure a training contract at a global law firm in Hong Kong
Five industry experts share their top tips
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
Hogan Lovells cuts NQ pay and freezes salaries for some trainees
Exclusive: Second year rookies to remain on first year salaries
Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k
Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut
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
Allen & Overy reopens City HQ on ‘permission-only basis’
Distancing measures put in place