Tag: Linklaters
A&O and Links reveal disappointing junior lawyer autumn retention figures
Several newly-qualified lawyers wave good-bye to magic circle player, despite one having showered juniors with cash only a few weeks ago
How ex-Linklaters solicitor Julia Salasky created a start-up to crowdfund justice
Is this the future in a world where legal aid is almost non-existent for challenging fundamental human rights issues?
Somebody at a top City law firm is using new anonymous app Yik Yak to reveal embarrassing work incidents
Yik Yak may have just reached the magic circle
Regulator bars ex-Linklaters paralegal for defrauding firm to fund friend’s gambling
Former magic circle paralegal struck off
Potentially juicy magic circle constructive dismissal claim of the week
For those with an interest in the City branch of the legal profession, A Hussain...
Lord Neuberger’s Judicial Assistant Lifts The Lid On Supreme Court Life
Amid the glow of the UK Supreme Court’s psychedelic carpets (the work of Sgt Pepper’s...
Students Point Finger At ‘Stingy’ City Law Firms As Donation-Starved FRU Hikes Adviser Training Price By 23%
Law students signing up as Free Representation Unit (FRU) advisers have been surprised to find...
Why Wannabe Lawyers Should Learn To ‘Pivot’
Initially, I wasn’t sure about applying this idea to the realm of legal careers –...
Chakrabarti Household’s Main Breadwinner Upgrades To The Magic Circle
One of the downsides of making loads of money as a top City lawyer is...
‘Ditch University Snobbery’, Says Lawyer-Turned-MP Whose Oxford AND Cambridge Degrees Helped Him Net Linklaters Job
There’s more evidence of the do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do mentality that is coming to define this government in...
Linklaters Pays Alistair Darling £15,300 For Making a Speech
As you may have noted from the extract above – taken from the House of...
Social Mobility In Law: Linklaters Helps The Poor To Get £15K-a-Year Jobs In Its Print Room
Magic circle firm Linklaters has hit back at critics who claim that City law is...
Pro Bono Plunges Across The Magic Circle
As the slashing of the legal aid budget nears, it has become common to hear...
Morning Round-Up: Friday 3 February
A law school love story: professor marries student – Above the Law DLA Piper boss...
City Law Bonuses Reach £35K – but Brazilian lawyer earnings exceed UK counterparts
It’s often forgotten that City lawyers get bonuses. But a survey released today shows average...
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