Tag: Solicitors

Lawyers serving clients’ interests has its limits, says top UCL boffin, amid Harvey Weinstein and Post Office scandals
Legal professionals owe a duty to society too

SRA report: Over half of lawyers hold positive views on SRA
Quarter have negative opinion

Travers launches ‘AI Academy’
New training initiative follows similar move by Linklaters

Burges Salmon boosts Bristol NQ solicitor salaries to £72,000
Rises in Edinburgh and trainees too

SRA still unable to confirm timeline for revealing SQE provider pass rates
Crucial comparison data was due by the end of 2023

Top UK law firms hike hourly rates by 40% in five years
Inflation busting

Law firms lead the way in latest social mobility index
Charity behind powerlist urges government to mandate class background reporting for big firms

Who is claiming the biggest slice of the SQE prep market pie?
As a major law firm overhauls its SQE partnership, Legal Cheek assesses the battle for law school dominance

The 3 I’s: Law Society unveils new AI strategy
'Innovation, impact and integrity'

From rising football star to City law firm partner
Baker McKenzie’s Tom Edwards discusses his early sports career, the ‘buzz’ of exciting deals and wellbeing in law

Former London US law firm lawyer guilty of stalking neighbours
Convicted alongside mother

CMS bumps London NQ lawyer pay to £110k
Rises in regions too

‘How I became fascinated with IP law’ — and what students who want to follow a similar path need to know
Bristows' Richard Pinckney discusses life in patent litigation and why science marries perfectly with the law

What aspiring lawyers need to know about energy law
CMS partner Matthew Brown discusses the evolution of energy law, the importance of diverse career experiences, and his advice for aspiring energy lawyers

How global growth is unlocking new opportunities for one firm’s lawyers
Addleshaw Goddard partner Graeme Warburton discusses the outfit’s international expansion

From paralegal to partner: My career journey at a major City law firm
BCLP M&A and corporate finance partner Tom Bacon discusses his work and what has kept him at the firm for 14 years

Davis Polk sets new £70k salary record for trainee solicitors in London
Market topping year two pay 💷

Reed Smith goes all in with College of Legal Practice for the SQE
Barbri loses out as firm relaunches training programme