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

Aussie lawyer who pulled sickie to watch football loses unfair dismissal claim
Ultimately undone by Instagram pics

BigLaw associate goes viral on TikTok urging law students to ditch influencer dreams
Don't risk your legal rep

How to pass SQE2 – tips from a module leader
BPP’s Julie Manson talks exam success

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

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

Decision on solicitor apprenticeship funding cuts to be made ‘in due course’, says government
Seven months since announcement

Simmons to relocate City HQ in 2030
Moving around the corner to Finsbury Circus

Latest SQE1 sitting sees 56% pass
Up from a record low of 44%

Shoosmiths offers £1 million bonus pot to encourage AI use among staff
Cash rewards for reaching one million prompts on Microsoft Copilot

Another BigLaw firm strikes deal with Trump
Willkie follows Paul Weiss and Skadden

Super-regulator demands SQE provider pass rate transparency by Autumn 2025
SRA delay draws criticism

UK legal profession launches new Balicitor category
Is this the end of the road for solicitors and barristers?

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

BigLaw lawyer resigns over firm’s $100 million Trump deal in scathing LinkedIn post
Another Skadden lawyer goes viral

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

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

Winston & Strawn raises London NQ pay to £160,000
Trainee pay bumped up too

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

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