Tag: Solicitors

Lawyer who spat at flight attendant during drunken racist rant jailed for six months
Human rights specialist pleaded guilty last month to assault and being drunk on an aircraft

Video: How innovative are law firms behind the scenes?
Legal Cheek probes beyond the marketing puffery

Allen & Overy lawyer to face tribunal over Weinstein NDA fiasco
Regulator confident lawyers' attitudes to non-disclosure agreements have changed

Be prepared to forge your own path to legal practice
A panel of lawyers reveal their unconventional routes into law

Government sets up contempt of court hotline to social media companies
As report reveals that Google search tool is naming sex crime victims

Email fraudsters impersonate Clifford Chance UK managing partner
Spell name wrong in dodgy emails

Without role models, LGBT+ junior lawyers risk ‘going back into the closet’
Lawyers from Hogan Lovells and Goldman Sachs on the vital role support networks play in the fight against discrimination

Lawyers among worst for phone etiquette
Irritating habits include eating and drinking or interrupting those speaking, research finds

Top UK legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg confronts heckler during debate
'You be quiet sir'

Linklaters and Clifford Chance latest firms to pay for gender reassignment surgery
Transitioning support also available for lawyers and support staff

London lawyer jailed for misleading FBI during Trump-Russia probe to face disciplinary tribunal
'Allegations are as yet unproven', says SRA

Aspiring lawyers should embrace social media
Instagram Live interview: Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘Secrets to Success -- Birmingham’, solicitor and vlogger Chrissie Wolfe explains why an online presence can have its advantages

Law firm ordered to compensate transgender client after ‘using her birth name’
Incident had 'emotional impact' on complainant, Legal Ombudsman finds

Children of lawyers 17 TIMES more likely to become lawyers themselves
A family business

Why Generation Z will revolutionise the law firm of the future
Lawyers and innovation experts give students a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities that await

Why AI may be less disruptive than email
Artificial intelligence is saving lawyers time, but it is also generating work

Hedge fund lawyer ‘repeatedly punched’ fellow opera-goer in row over seat, court hears
Matthew Feargrieve denies assault by beating

‘I am innocent’: Junior lawyer MP appeals to voters in bizarre YouTube video featuring New York skyline
Fiona Onasanya released from prison last month

Top body language tips for training contract interviews
Maintain eye contact and avoid fidgeting, says leading expert