Tag: Solicitors

Watch now: Travers Smith lawyers on the shift to sustainable capitalism
Full footage from Legal Cheek and Travers Smith’s latest student careers event now live

Law student told to stump up £300 a month for ‘paralegal mentorship’
Exclusive: Lawyers warn Open Uni undergrad Katrina White to steer clear

Allen & Overy kicks off spring retention season with 92% result
34 out of 37 trainees kept on

Disciplinary case against magic circle partner who worked on Harvey Weinstein NDA halted over health concerns
Tribunal finds that proceedings against Allen & Overy's Mark Mansell represented a 'significant risk to life'

Linklaters reports latest gender and ethnicity pay gaps
Magic circle player reveals largely unchanged results

How should non-law students prepare for the SQE?
BARBRI managing director, Sarah Hutchinson, explains how universities and law firms should advise aspiring lawyers from non-law backgrounds on their future qualification path

From dreaded commutes to ironing shirts: Lawyers reveal what they don’t miss about office life
Lockdown's 'silver linings'

Law Society president faces misconduct tribunal after High Court rules he has case to answer
David Greene denies allegation he deliberately misled judge and says he fully expects to be cleared

Speakers announced for The SQE Sessions
28 January virtual event marks super-exam launch year; speakers include key figures from law firms and legal education

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

Junior lawyer virtual event: How to build an international career at a global law firm in London — with Latham & Watkins, Skadden, Slaughter and May and BARBRI
Thursday 21 January 2021; open to all trainees and junior lawyers

City law firms increase lawyer leave in light of lockdown 3.0
'Lockdown leave' schemes aimed at working parents and carers

Revealed: Law firms’ average work from home start and finish times 2020-21
Everything has changed over the past 12 months -- but what about working hours for trainee and junior lawyers?

A vlogger’s guide to a winter virtual vacation scheme
Jasmin Brown shares her experience on the three-day Legal Cheek-ULaw Virtual Vacation Scheme

Law Society to probe historical slave trade links
Research proposed by Society's BAME network

Junior solicitor suspended for six months after trying to hide email address mix-up
Harina Zoey Panesar-Jagdev escapes strike-off despite admitting dishonesty

Life as a private equity lawyer
Travers Smith's George Weavil and Raphaella Gabrasadig give their insight into how the increased focus on sustainable business is changing private equity

My life in law
Sally Davies on rising through the ranks to make Mayer Brown’s first female London managing partner

Legal training provider reveals £2,890 SQE1 online prep course
Law Training Centre enters super-exam training market

Former ‘Lord of LinkedIn’ Alan Blacker resurfaces on TikTok
Struck off solicitor directs fans to flashy legal website