Tag: COVID-19

ULaw and BPP prepare to reopen following COVID shutdown
Tutors to wear protective visors

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

Furloughed trainee: ‘Should I get my pay rise?’
I am really confused

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

SRA reveals SQE exam cost of £3,980 as it extends transitional arrangements in response to COVID-19
Total fee doesn't include prep course costs

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?