Tag: Solicitors

Powering progress: The role lawyers play in leading the global energy transition

White & Case’s Ryan Gawrych and Hannah Bragge unpack life in the firm’s busy Energy, Infrastructure, Project and Asset Finance team

4 days ago
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How to pass SQE2 – tips from a module leader

BPP’s Julie Manson talks exam success

Apr 7 2025 10:36am

Freshfields stands alone as sole global elite firm backing legal challenge to Trump’s executive orders

500 outfits sign court submission supporting US firm targeted by sanctions

Apr 7 2025 10:34am
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Former City law firm senior partner defends BigLaw’s Trump deals

Law firms can't be expected to sacrifice themselves in an unwinnable fight, says ex-Ashurst boss Charlie Geffen

Apr 7 2025 9:55am
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City of London at sunset

Simmons to relocate City HQ in 2030

Moving around the corner to Finsbury Circus

Apr 4 2025 8:48am
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Latest SQE1 sitting sees 56% pass

Up from a record low of 44%

Apr 3 2025 8:52am
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Shoosmiths offers £1 million bonus pot to encourage AI use among staff

Cash rewards for reaching one million prompts on Microsoft Copilot

Apr 2 2025 12:57pm
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Another BigLaw firm strikes deal with Trump

Willkie follows Paul Weiss and Skadden

Apr 2 2025 10:19am
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UK legal profession launches new Balicitor category

Is this the end of the road for solicitors and barristers?

Apr 1 2025 8:46am
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Making the leap: How to navigate the trainee-to-NQ transition — with or without an offer

Magic Circle lawyer turned career guru Husnara Begum offers her top tips

Apr 1 2025 8:19am

Departing Skadden associate urges boycott of trainee recruitment at firms silent on Trump attacks

Rachel Cohen’s message comes as her own firm strikes $100 million deal with US President

Mar 31 2025 11:20am
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WilmerHale pulled into Trump’s escalating war on BigLaw

New exec order cites firm's ties to ex-US special counsel in Trump-Russia probe

Mar 28 2025 2:03pm
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Winston & Strawn raises London NQ pay to £160,000

Trainee pay bumped up too

Mar 28 2025 8:48am
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Why life as a litigator is nothing like you see on TV 

We spoke to ULaw’s Nicole Kalli, lecturer and former litigator, about her move from practice to teaching and what it’s really like to work in disputes

Mar 27 2025 1:13pm
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City lawyer speaks out after aspiring solicitor faces SQE fee clawback from top law firm

Failed challenging exams, leading to the withdrawal of TC offer

Mar 27 2025 8:52am
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