Tag: Solicitors

Herbert Smith Freehills launches London advocacy secondment for junior lawyers
In-house option sees associates spend 12 months working with global outfit's top advocates

How tech is changing the way trainees work
Four lawyers cut through the hype at our latest student event in Reading

Allen & Overy ups NQ solicitor package to £100,000 as City pay war intensifies
Six-figure sum includes sign-on bonus

Travers Smith keeps 17 out of 21 London qualifying trainees
Retention result of 81%

Hogan Lovells ups newly qualified pay to £90k plus bonus in package worth up to £117k
Exclusive: Transatlantic firm makes MoneyLaw move

Junior lawyers seek to have approval of the SQE overturned
Letter to Justice Committee aims to skewer super-exam

RPC posts low 42% autumn retention rate
Five out of 12 qualifying trainees kept on

Trainee solicitor calls on government to give people time off work to make life-saving stem cell donations
Paul Fletcher-Herd launches online petition

A day in the life of a corporate lawyer
Solicitors from Gowling WLG, Pinsent Masons and DWF tell us what their jobs are really like

Leigh Day junior lawyer apologises after suspension for ‘sarcastic’ Hitler tweet
Ex-Labour council candidate Aman Thakar appeared on BBC's Tory leadership debate

Legal profession launches gender equality pledge
Signatories commit to supporting women into top lawyer roles

The diary of an employment lawyer
Legal Cheek Careers meets employment solicitor-turned ULaw Bloomsbury campus dean, Sandie Gaines, to discuss her career journey to date and application tips for summer training contract success

SDT refuses to drop case against Freshfields partner accused of sexual misconduct
Ryan Beckwith previously argued charges were beyond regulator's remit

Fine for drunk trainee solicitor who spat at bouncer
Pleaded guilty to acting in an aggressive manner

The best social media snaps from the London Legal Walk
15,000 walkers go the distance for charity

Average UK law firm partner pay breaks £200,000
Legal sector continuing to grow despite Brexit, according to research

Pinsent Masons bumps London NQ pay to £72,500
Rises in regions and Scotland too

Tory leadership debate: Legal Twitterati slams ex-magic circle lawyer Dominic Raab
The criticism came thick and fast

Magic circle and US law firms ‘must change the way they work’ or face ‘doom’, warns the FT
Will £100k+ for newly qualified solicitors prove a high water mark?

Herbert Smith Freehills partner reported to SRA over ‘aggressive and intimidating behaviour’
Allegedly told sexual harassment claimant's lawyers she’d be ‘toast’

6 essentials for summer training contract hunters
What we learned from an hour listening to five top lawyers