Tag: Linklaters

Linklaters delays SQE transition to 2022
Exclusive: UK’s largest training law firm to stick with LPC for extra year after new Solicitors Qualifying Exam comes into place

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

Linklaters launches undergrad sponsorship for low-income students
£6,000 grant and work experience up for grabs

How Freshfields’ £100k NQ pay will change the profession
Magic circle embrace of MoneyLaw set to have far-reaching effects

Linklaters trainees can work from home without explaining why
Aims to remove 'stereotyping or challenges' around flexi-working, magic circle player says

Linklaters and Clifford Chance latest firms to pay for gender reassignment surgery
Transitioning support also available for lawyers and support staff

Influential entrepreneurs to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
All-female line-up released on International Women’s Day

Linklaters keeps 41 out of 51 qualifying trainee solicitors
City's top TC provider posts spring score of 80%

The best law firms for peer support — 2019 edition
Winner to be announced at the Legal Cheek Awards on 21 March, alongside a host of other categories

Vlogging future magic circle trainee reveals how she overcame rejection
Eve Cornwell joins fellow YouTube stars in new podcast

Introduce quotas to boost women partner numbers, says ex-magic circle lawyer
Dana Denis-Smith argues 'self-regulation doesn’t work'

Ex-Linklaters director to stay silent over magic circle firm’s alleged ‘struggle with women in the workplace’
Agrees to destroy 'confidential documents'

The law firm canteens dishing up the most delectable cuisines – 2019 edition
A rundown of the corporate outfits leaving rookies hungry for more

The best use of social media – 2019 edition
The vloggers, bloggers and Instagram-ers bringing the law to life

Ex-Linklaters partner who sexually assaulted student intern at Oktoberfest party loses appeal
Jailed for three years and three months

High Court blocks ex-Linklaters director from revealing what he called firm’s ‘struggle with women in the workplace’
Injunction stops former employee disclosing information concerning three incidents

Ayesha Vardag: From pregnant magic circle trainee to £845-an-hour Queen of Divorce
High-flying family lawyer reflects on incredible life in candid interview

Linklaters releases ethnicity pay gap data
Follows Allen & Overy in publishing voluntary figures

City law firms dominate LGBT top 100 employer list
Pinsent Masons came out on top

YouTube superstar documents life on the LPC in latest law vlog
Future magic circle lawyer now has over 100k subscribers