Tag: Solicitors

Mayer Brown posts 82% trainee solicitor retention rate
Nine out of 11 rookies secure full time positions

Penningtons Manches and Thomas Cooper confirm tie-up
UK player to merge with shipping specialist to create new £90 million outfit

Vegans should be legally exempt from workplace tea rounds, argues London lawyer
They shouldn't be asked to handle cows' milk

New City law firm recruitment portal targets grads with good grades against the odds
Diversity hiring specialist Rare wants to help outfits unearth 'historically hidden talent' and boost social mobility

White & Case boosts London trainee solicitor pay by 6%
£48,000 in year one, rising to £53,000 in year two

London NQ pay at Skadden hits £133,000
Rises for rookies too

MPs demand clampdown on lawyers who help bosses cover up sexual harassment
Regulators like the Law Society not doing enough on dodgy non-disclosure agreements, report says

How lawtech looked in the 90s
ULaw campus dean Sarah Pooley reveals how innovation has long been a feature of legal practice and what it now means for future lawyers

Clifford Chance follows Freshfields with £100,000 NQ solicitor pay
Six-figure sum includes bonus

No misconduct trial for Boris Johnson after High Court intervenes
Summons for allegedly lying during Brexit referendum quashed

A solicitor at work has sent me an Instagram follow request
What should I do?

Ban for former Ropes & Gray London trainee who ‘traced’ client’s signature
Failed to act with integrity, according to SRA decision

Firm charges law students £695 for ‘virtual internship’
Company co-founder accepts it's 'a bit controversial'

‘Uncritical reliance’ on AI in criminal justice could lead to ‘wrong decisions’, says Law Society
Warning contained in new commission report

£500,000 fine for solicitor who turned terraced house into office
Failure to pay up could result in a five-year prison sentence

BCLP and Bindmans team up with Queen Mary to offer LLB students year-long paid placements
Russell Group uni builds on 2015 tie-up with Reed Smith

Profession prepares for big changes in training of lawyers
Scrapping of LPC, shift to apprenticeships and focus on tech prompt enthusiasm and anxiety in equal measure

How can I best prepare for life at a ‘notoriously busy’ US firm?
I’m moving from a mid-tier outfit and want to hit the ground running

Shearman & Sterling keeps 13 out of 16 qualifying trainees
A score of 81%

The private prosecution of Boris Johnson – what happens next?
Criminal barrister Rhys Rosser explains