Tag: Herbert Smith Freehills

11 photos of Taylor Swift dressed like law firms
Legal lookbook includes the magic circle

Farewell freebies? 7 City firms pledge greener trainee recruitment practices
Reduction in merch and limit to on-campus travel among possible changes

Herbert Smith Freehills retains 22 of 32 autumn qualifying trainees
One on fixed-term deal

Herbert Smith Freehills: Partner profits slip by nearly 10% to £857,000
Taylor Wessing also records drop

How to secure a training contract at a global law firm in Hong Kong
Five industry experts share their top tips

SQE latest: City Consortium’s non-law trainees will need to complete GDL-style conversion course
Exclusive: Influential group of six also hope future rookies will sit both parts of super-exam prior to starting TCs

Herbert Smith Freehills cancels 2020 summer vacation schemes
Exclusive: Candidates instead being invited to interview for TCs, with those successful offered place on virtual scheme

Top City firms freeze junior lawyer pay in response to virus pandemic
HSF, Freshfields and A&O among outfits to introduce belt-tightening measures

Lawyers working from home urged to donate commute savings to COVID-19 charities
Herbert Smith Freehills associate says City professionals are inadvertently saving up to 13 quid a day

Virus pandemic: Baker McKenzie and Herbert Smith Freehills postpone spring vacation schemes
Along with Charles Russell Speechlys and Penningtons Manches Cooper

‘I’ve got first year scheme offers from A&O, HSF and Slaughters — which should I pick?’
They all run on the same dates

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 technology is changing the business of law
Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers talk tech transforming the firm

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

Lawtech is here to help lawyers — not replace them
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s latest careers event, ‘How tech is changing law and business’, we sit down with Herbert Smith Freehills senior associate Kushal Bhimjiani

‘Big Tech’ and competition law explained
Herbert Smith Freehills trainee solicitor Patrick Todd provides an overview on some of the key issues

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

Herbert Smith Freehills offers £10,000 London GDL maintenance grant
£9,000 in the regions

Exclusive: City law firm ‘consortium’ prepares to appoint super-exam prep course provider
Linklaters latest to join influential group

First legal bid to stop Boris Johnson shutting down parliament fails
Cross-party group has already signalled intention to appeal