Tag: Pro bono
Did Freshfields’ Olympics Sponsorship Come Out Of The Pro Bono Budget?
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s sponsorship of the Olympics cost it £10 million. The firm’s most recent...
What Is It With Solicitors And Abseiling?
Look upwards when you’re walking along the street these days and chances are you’ll see...
PRO BONO FAIL: Law Firms Outnumber Cases As Law Soc’s Riot Help Scheme Flops
EXCLUSIVE: It wasn’t just kids in Tottenham and Hackney who got carried away during last...
City Pro Bono Falls: Airfare Savings?
As City pro bono hours drop, Alasdair Stewart of pro bono charity LawWorks is buoyed...
Pro Bono Plunges Across The Magic Circle
As the slashing of the legal aid budget nears, it has become common to hear...
Alternative Careers: Working for a Legal Charity
LawWorks’ Alasdair Stewart on why there’s more to life than training contracts When I started...
Can Tension Between Legal Aid and Pro Bono Be Resolved?
Rather than criticise pro bono charities for “overselling” themselves, legal aid lawyers need to work...
PRO BONO WEEK: OUT WITH A WHIMPER
Follow @AlasdairIS But despite the complaints from lawyers and disinterest from the press, the fact...
GOING FORWARD, I’LL ALWAYS BE A MORON
Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Legal Cheek launches anti-‘going forward’ offensive “Going forward, I give up,” wrote Financial...
SOCIAL MOBILITY EFFORTS STILL IN A VACUUM
Follow @FellowsAdam The disconnect between the legal profession and school children is a hindrance to...