Tag: COVID-19
SRA: Trainees can qualify before completing Professional Skills Course
But must finish all modules within one year of being admitted
Largest law firm in the world asks staff to work four-day week in wake of pandemic
Dentons follows Norton Rose Fulbright in implementing voluntary flexible working arrangements
Creating an SQE for the post COVID-19 world
Getting the balance right between online and face-to-face learning, while teaching practical skills in a way that accommodates new legal tech, will be crucial to a successful SQE, says ULaw’s Jill Howell-Williams
Sussex Uni law student leads call for tuition fee cuts as lectures move online
COVID-19: Petition received almost 300 student signatures
Biotech start-up calls on law firms to donate acetate sheets for PPE production
Plastic A4 covers converted into face masks for NHS workers
London lawyer in Frozen lockdown parody
Charlotte Fisher dons Disney character Elsa get-up to raise funds for NHS charities
Clifford Chance defers partner profits and freezes salary reviews in wake of virus
Follows similar financial measures by magic circle counterparts
How law students can make the most of the lockdown
From virtual vac schemes to volunteering -- wannabe lawyers should use their time wisely, advises LPC student Charlotte Capper
Irwin Mitchell delays trainee start dates by six months in response to pandemic
Exclusive: New starters will now join in February 2021
Justices appear ‘virtually’ during Supreme Court swearing-in ceremony
Lord Justice Leggatt joins top bench amid pandemic lockdown
Gateley furloughs trainee solicitors
Some rookies may also have qualification dates pushed back in response to pandemic
Solicitors’ charity launches £1 million coronavirus hardship fund
SBA to help lawyers in serious financial difficulty
No plans to delay SQE because of Covid-19, says regulator
SRA responds to Durham Law School chief’s call for super-exam to be postponed in light of pandemic
Pro bono group pits solicitors against barristers in ‘virtual fitness challenge’
Raising funds for charities impacted by COVID-19 in the process
Business but not as usual: Lawyers share ‘work from home’ snaps on social media
Including one trainee with a paralegal pet tortoise
Kim Kardashian tackles tort law with Tiger King themed question
Carole Baskin is one of the options
Don’t furlough staff to protect profits, ex-magic circle partner warns
Former Linklaters lawyer warns bosses not to leap straight for taxpayer cash
Norton Rose Fulbright’s four-day week plans get green light
COVID-19 latest: Eligible staff vote in favour of move that will see some work fewer hours for less pay
Pinsent Masons offers virtual summer vacation scheme
As Vinson & Elkins wraps up the first of its online programmes
Get out of bed and put on a shirt, judge tells Zooming lawyers
Makes plea after lawyers online etiquette falls short