Tag: Solicitors

Cambridge University triumphs in Vis Pre-Moot London tournament
Rookie arbitrators beat fellow uni teams from Denmark, Switzerland and Poland

Norton Rose Fulbright posts 95% spring retention score
Global firm keeps 19 out of 20 qualifying trainees

Dechert lawyers embrace denim with new relaxed dress code
Dress-down everyday

Email reveals decision on Allen & Overy and O’Melveny & Myers transatlantic mega-merger due in ‘coming weeks’
US outfit suspends training contract applications

College admissions scandal: Top US law firm partner placed on leave amid claims he paid £57,000 to boost daughter’s exam score
Gordon Caplan of Willkie Farr & Gallagher charged with fraud and suspended from prestigious firm

Freshfields rounds off magic circle spring retention season with 78% score
32 out of 41 qualifying trainees stay put

Profession gears up for next week’s Legal Cheek Awards 2019
Extravaganza takes place at the City of London’s iconic Cheesegrater

LinkedIn row: Former magic circle lawyer slams barrister’s TV entertainment show
Sham Uddin's videos show he has 'no regard or respect' for his own legal career, says ex-Allen & Overy solicitor Melanie Daniels

Bristol’s legal scene and the rise of agile working
A panel of South West lawyers discuss the departure from the London-centric vision of yesterday

SRA loses another policy chief as solicitor super-exam looms
Richard Collins heads for the exit not long after predecessor

International human rights lawyer faces jail after spitting at flight attendant during drunken racist rant
Simone Burns flew into a rage after being refused booze, court hears

Want to be the next Amal Clooney? Here are 5 things all aspiring human rights lawyers need to know
A panel of experts share tips from the top

UCL law professor: Lawyers who draft dodgy non-disclosure clauses could be perverting the course of justice
Government announces measures to prevent victims being silenced by using NDAs

Junior lawyers question legal watchdog’s ‘refusal criteria’ following SQE approval
Super-exam was given go-ahead by LSB despite calls to delay

40% of AI start-ups don’t use AI
Businesses who use the techy-buzzword tend to attract greater levels of investment, report finds

Lawyers launch UK’s first animal protection law firm
Veganism for the legal profession?

Ex-law firm partner struck off after failing to report cocaine conviction to regulator
Gave 'misleading information to the police', according to agreed outcome

Clifford Chance offers lawyers two months unpaid holiday
Pilot part of a more flexible approach to work, says magic circle player

22-year-old magistrate who said job is about ‘gut instinct’ hits back at social media criticism
Tesco-working Swansea law grad issues calm and measured Twitter response