Tag: Shearman & Sterling

49 tips candidates need to know before starting as a trainee solicitor
Courtesy of five trainees at Shearman & Sterling

Shearman steps up NQ talent battle with improved £145k salary
Second sizeable rise this year

Shearman offers lawyers 40% home-working option
New policy will see some support roles go fully remote

What to consider when making the leap into law from another profession
Lawyers who’ve done it share their insights

Shearman ups NQ lawyer pay to £135,000
Trainees also awarded pay rises

The challenges and opportunities for Black lawyers in the COVID-19 era
Black lawyers and allies, of varying degrees of seniority, discuss their experiences during the pandemic

Revealed: The best law firms for training and quality of work 2020-21
The results are in! Legal Cheek’s exclusive survey can reveal the law firms with the highest scores for training and quality of work

US law firm wooed magic circle partner with incredible annual package worth £5.3 million
Whopping sum guaranteed for three years, according to report

Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic
Also implements reduced working week option

Shearman & Sterling lawyers offered six month sabbaticals for 30% pay
As Reed Smith introduces unpaid leave scheme

99 training contract interview tips
With examples of the questions you need to know how to answer

Shearman & Sterling becomes first firm to postpone spring vacation scheme in wake of coronavirus pandemic
Follows Linklaters decision to suspend insight scheme

The impact of coronavirus on global law firms
Commercial outfits will continually strive to keep up with the challenges presented by the novel virus -- but the extent of the damage remains unknown

Four high flying City lawyers at US firms share their career stories
What we learnt from an hour listening to partners from Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, as well as associates from Shearman & Sterling and Cleary Gottlieb

Revealed: The law firms with the best perks 2020
Junior lawyers are a pretty pampered bunch but which firms offer the perkiest of perks?

Junior lawyer event: How to build a career at a US law firm in London — with BARBRI and lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb, Kirkland & Ellis, Shearman & Sterling and Skadden
Thursday 16 January 2020; open to all trainees and junior lawyers

The lowdown on US law firms in London
Shearman & Sterling lawyers give commercial awareness master class

First speakers announced for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference London 2020
Sales of Super Early Bird Tickets end this Friday

Why I joined a US law firm in London
Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘The rise of US law firms in London’, we speak to Shearman & Sterling lawyer Jonathan Swil
Shearman & Sterling lawyers to give the lowdown on US firms in London
Final batch of places now available for Legal Cheek student event on Wednesday evening