Tag: Freshfields

Slaughter and May postpones spring vacation scheme amid virus pandemic
As magic circlers Freshfields and A&O postpone first-year spring schemes

How to get ahead in the training contract race
A panel of experts share their thoughts

Ex-Freshfields partner Ryan Beckwith launches High Court challenge over tribunal ruling
City lawyer was fined £35,000 and ordered to pay £200,000 in costs for drunken sexual incident with junior colleague

SRA won’t appeal Ryan Beckwith ruling
Ex-Freshfields partner was fined £35,000, but not struck off, for engaging in sexual activity with a junior female colleague

Why I moved from the magic circle to make partner at a major UK law firm in Bristol
Legal Cheek Careers caught up with Burges Salmon banking partner Rachael Ruane ahead of her appearance at Wednesday’s ‘Secrets to Success’ event in Bristol

Meet Manchester City’s new star defender: Lord Pannick QC
Champions call on Blackstone heavyweight to tackle UEFA ban

Student commercial awareness events in Bristol and Manchester this week — with Burges Salmon, Freshfields, Fletchers, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, RPC and ULaw
Speakers announced for Bristol on Wednesday 26 February and Manchester on Thursday 27 February

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

Dublin’s future as a global legal hub
BARBRI’s Chris Jorgenson sets out his vision for Ireland’s rapidly expanding legal market

Quinn Emanuel follows Freshfields in ditching ‘Dear Sirs’ from lawyers’ emails
'The idea is to show that we take gender seriously', says US firm

Ryan Beckwith: SDT ruling in full
Ex-Freshfields partner was fined £35,000 following allegations of sexual misconduct

Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper and Clifford Chance lead the way on 2020 brand power rankings
Based on opinions of multinational bigwigs

Reports of sexual misconduct at law firms hit all-time high in wake of #MeToo
Complaints to regulator more than double in five years

The best festive firs from across the legal profession ?
From law firm lobbies to Inns of Court of libraries... it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Freshfields investigations partner leaves firm after investigation
Exit comes in same week magic circle player moved step closer to introducing fines for misbehaving lawyers

Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Eversheds Sutherland top Ireland’s ‘Brexit transfer list’
As record number of UK-qualified solicitors register in Ireland

City law firm ‘consortium’ appoints BPP as SQE prep-course provider
Influential group's future trainees will sit super-exam from autumn 2022 -- a year after assessment's proposed introduction

Former Freshfields partner arrested in tax probe
A week after quitting magic circle firm

EXCLUSIVE: Former bosses of ULaw and Kaplan combine with magic circle duo to launch new ‘challenger’ law school
They’re targeting the SQE market

Freshfields considers fining mega-earning partners 20% of their income for misconduct
Reported plan follows resignation of scandal-hit Ryan Beckwith