Tag: Mayer Brown

City lawyers need to be street smart as well as book smart

Mayer Brown Of Counsel Warsha Kalé on making the transition from university to practice

Jun 22 2016 1:35pm

Event: How to make it as a City lawyer — with the Black Solicitors Network

Top BME lawyers share their wisdom with students looking to pursue careers in corporate law

Jun 13 2016 9:44am

Where’s the fair use?

Copyright law is struggling to keep pace with technology. Mayer Brown associate Jonathan Dack looks at what this means for vloggers as the #WTFU debate gathers pace

Apr 27 2016 10:58am

9 revision tips from people who have nailed law exams

Trainee solicitors share their exam preparation wisdom

Apr 15 2016 12:49pm

Mayer Brown announces 100% trainee retention as it opens applications for earn-while-you-learn

Global giant with dual route to qualification keeps 2016 kids

Feb 1 2016 8:54am

Supreme Court takes down Marks & Spencer in a momentous case set to impact LLB-ers

Sorry law students -- even more land law to learn

Dec 2 2015 2:39pm

Event: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer

How law students can make it into the legal profession without doing a training contract

Nov 12 2015 11:51am

City lawyers can’t agree if they should fill the legal aid gap

National Pro Bono week kicks off with a disagreement about Justice Secretary Michael Gove's grand plan

Nov 3 2015 10:14am

The top 15 law fair freebies of 2015

The stash creating the biggest stir on campus

Oct 29 2015 9:51am

Mayer Brown ups intake on earn-while-you-learn training contract alternative

"High calibre of applicants" suggests new school-leaver scheme could rival traditional route

Sep 7 2015 1:45pm

City law pay bonanza — three firms boost junior wedge by as much as 9%

Exclusive: Chunky NQ pay rises at Travers Smith, Mayer Brown and Dentons

Aug 26 2015 11:56am

Mayer Brown reveals 55% autumn newly qualified lawyer retention rate

Global giant will keep six of its 11 September qualifying cohort, with a further lawyer remaining on temporary contract

Aug 19 2015 12:20pm

How studying a language with a law degree can set you apart from the crowd

Cara Goldthorpe talks to Legal Cheek Careers about being crowned "Law Undergraduate of the Year"

Jul 22 2015 11:46am

What are the best alternatives for students turned off the bar due to lack of pupillages and legal aid cuts?

Top solicitors and barristers advise undergrads at Legal Cheek Careers at Inner Temple

Jun 22 2015 1:35pm

‘I wouldn’t recommend studying law as an undergraduate if you want to be a lawyer’

Mayer Brown partner Angus Duncan completed an LLB at Edinburgh University and then decided that he wanted to work in London...

Jun 19 2015 10:49am

Podcast: Will Mayer Brown’s new earn-while-you-learn programme kill the training contract?

Project mastermind Danielle White on a new way into the City that could change everything

Jun 15 2015 3:05pm

How being an NQ differs from life as a trainee

Mayer Brown newly qualified associate Harriet Hainsworth on the step up from trainee to solicitor

Mar 2 2015 11:49am

I was rejected for a training contract by the firm where I became a partner

Having begun his career in the 90s recession, Mayer Brown head of banking and finance Dominic Griffiths has plenty of sympathy with those applying for training contracts today.

Feb 28 2014 9:40am