Tag: DWF

DWF defers training contract start dates by six months
Thirty-one new joiners will now start in February

Law veteran who turned DLA Piper into a global giant takes over at DWF
Nigel Knowles -- the man behind DLA’s ascent from middling Yorkshire outfit to one of the biggest firms in the world -- takes over from DWF’s long serving leader Andrew Leaitherland

Why training contract hunters must be adaptable
Top tips and career insights from four Birmingham-based lawyers

What went down at LegalEdCon North 2020
Last month's Manchester conference marked the beginning of some important conversations centering around the SQE, Sophie Currie reports

How techy do you have to be to work in tech law?
DWF technology, media and telecoms partner Ben McLeod shares his thoughts

14 law firms named in LGBT top 100 employer list
Newcastle City Council takes top spot

Apply to attend: Legal Cheek student commercial awareness events coming up in Liverpool, Leeds, Reading, Bristol, Birmingham and Dublin
With Addleshaw Goddard, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Burges Salmon, DWF, Eversheds Sutherland, Exchange Chambers, Gowling, Hardwicke, Hill Dickinson, Hogan Lovells, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, RPC, Shoosmiths, Travers Smith and Womble Bond Dickinson

Ban for former DWF trainee solicitor who emailed client information to a mate
Haley Tansey now can't work for a law firm without regulator's say-so

Legal sector dominates social mobility power list
Top ten spots for Baker McKenzie, Linklaters and BCLP

DWF trainee solicitor who shared confidential client information with a friend loses unfair dismissal claim
Sacked just before qualification

Mishcon de Reya ponders stock market flotation
City firm mulls doing a DWF in bid to raise capital, according to report

Manchester Uni law students design app to field out-of-hours legal advice centre enquiries
Hits online shelves later this year

DWF drafts in law student innovators to help solve client’s real-life problems
'Design sprint' placement sees trio of Manchester Uni undergrads spend time at outfit's R&D division

A day in the life of a corporate lawyer
Solicitors from Gowling WLG, Pinsent Masons and DWF tell us what their jobs are really like

Event: Secrets to Success Birmingham — with Pinsent Masons, Gowling WLG, DWF and ULaw
This Tuesday evening in Birmingham; open to all students

Profession prepares for big changes in training of lawyers
Scrapping of LPC, shift to apprenticeships and focus on tech prompt enthusiasm and anxiety in equal measure

DWF’s Milton Keynes office to close next month
Exclusive: News of the closure comes just weeks after firm's flotation on London Stock Exchange

And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2019 are…
Gongs galore for industry’s top players, including firm of the year Taylor Wessing and ‘Most Admired’ chambers Blackstone

Revealed: The best law firms for work/life balance – 2019 edition
The outfits bucking the 'all work no play' trend

DWF looks to raise £75 million from London Stock Exchange flotation
A quarter of the firm up for sale

DWF to push ahead with flotation in UK’s largest law firm listing
An important step for future growth, says global outfit's chief