Tag: Freshfields

Freshfields launches fintech-focused virtual work experience programme
Students help fictitious client acquire crypto business

Top City law firms come together to run diversity ‘hackathon’
Legal CORE aims to increase representation of BAME individuals in private practice through collaborative forums and crowdsourcing ideas

Freshfields matches Clifford Chance on trainee pay
£50k in year one and £55k in year two

Freshfields reports 5% uplift in revenue and partner profits
PEP hits £1.91 million

Exclusive: Freshfields trainee jokes to fellow rookies ‘the poor are nothing’
Spokesperson says misplaced remark in email 'not reflective of the firm or its values'

Freshfields junior lawyer to compete in Tokyo Olympics
Caroline Chew, 27, is set to become the first Singaporean to compete in equestrian at the Games

Pride 2021: Clifford Chance lawyers belt out gender-neutral track
Magic circle marks Pride month 🏳️🌈

THIS WEEK: The Legal Cheek Summer Virtual Vacation Scheme
Featuring magic circle, US and international law firms

A junior lawyer’s guide to building resilience
Experts from Freshfields, Pinsent Masons, Hill Dickinson and ULaw talk career setbacks and how they overcame them

Freshfields dishes out bonuses following Covid salary freeze
Catch-up cash for UK lawyers and staff

Freshfields promotes 22 lawyers to partner — 50% women
Six in London

Freshfields narrows gender pay gap
Magic circle player also publishes ethnicity data and, for the first time, disability and LGBT+ results

Freshfields latest to let lawyers work from home up to half the time
Interim measure includes trainees

Freshfields keeps 32 of 34 spring NQ solicitors
Macfarlanes also confirms 100% score

Freshfields targets 40% female global leadership by 2023
Diversity commitment follows appointment of first female senior partner

Top City firms confirm summer vacation schemes will stay online
Magic circle and US outfits stick to virtual programmes as COVID disruption continues

Freshfields targets social mobility ‘cold spots’ with sixth form mentoring scheme
Teens eligible for paid internships at magic circle firm

City Consortium to provide SQE ‘top-up courses’ for future trainees
Exclusive: Will cover legal tech and project management skills

Freshfields looks to slash air travel in sustainability push
Magic circle player also vows to reduce paper consumption and ramp up use of renewable electricity

SRA rules out Ryan Beckwith appeal
High Court had overturned SDT's decision to fine former Freshfields partner