Tag: Solicitors
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How to successfully make the move from trainee to junior associate
Clyde & Co’s Arina Naumova reflects on her training contract and the lessons she learned along the way
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Watson Farley & Williams keeps 16 of 18 qualifying trainees
All in first-choice spots
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Slaughter and May raises newly qualified lawyer pay to £150,000
Pay review brought forward following recent market movement
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The life of a renewable energy lawyer at Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance senior associate Samiha Bham discusses why she qualified into energy and infrastructure, and why the industry is shifting.
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Simmons & Simmons takes City NQ lawyer pay to £120,000
Bristol associates also see rise to £76.5k
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‘Has anyone tried to negotiate a bigger SQE maintenance grant?’
Aspiring lawyer worries about making ends meet
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Inside the life of an employment lawyer
Carly Mather, partner at Lewis Silkin, discusses her work, life at the firm and its rapid expansion across the North of England
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Eversheds raises NQ lawyer pay in London to £100k
Regional rates move to £65.5k
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Why I ditched the office to become a ‘digital nomad’ lawyer
Catrin Le Rendu juggles her legal career with playing SkyScanner roulette
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Urgent appeal launched to re-home trainees amid US firm’s London office closure
10 current and future trainee roles at risk
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Pinsents trials alert system when lawyers regularly work excessive hours
Hopes to reduce burnout risk
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Police hunt struck-off ‘dine and dash’ solicitor for skipping bail
Removed from legal profession earlier this year
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Law firm employee barred from profession after nightclub assault on colleagues
Pleaded guilty to two offences
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Thomson Reuters acquires AI start-up founded by A&O Shearman trainee
Recently qualified
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Sicily yacht disaster: Clifford Chance partner missing, associate rescued
Sailboat hit by powerful storm
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Osborne Clarke raises NQ lawyer pay in London to £94k
Small rises in regions too
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AI in law: Embracing change or facing extinction?
James Southwick, bar course graduate, examines the impact of legal technology on the future of the legal profession
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Law students to support unrepresented individuals at Royal Courts of Justice
Tie-up between St Mary's Law School and charity Support Through Court
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Blind solicitor to tackle 24 peaks in 24 hours
Ex-Ashurst associate hopes to raise £150k