Tag: Solicitors

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Super-exam architect Julie Brannan on LLB-SQEs, new law schools and students teaching themselves
Scrapping the GDL and LPC is really gonna shake things up

Salad loving lawyers crowned UK’s ‘healthiest profession’
Legal professionals most 'selective eaters', Deliveroo data reveals

Law Society warns justice system at ‘breaking point’ as it releases animated film following defendant’s ‘nightmare journey’ through courts
'Poor Peter' is accused of a crime he didn't commit

Ex-SRA policy chief launches business to help law firms decipher super-exam shake-up
Crispin Passmore quit regulator last month

Junior lawyer MP jailed for lying to avoid speeding fine
Property law specialist Fiona Onasanya handed three-month custodial sentence

How not to get a training contract at Alan & Ovary, Freshfields Brickhouse Deringer and Shirley & Herman
Grad recruiters reveal favourite firm name blunders

Strike off for ‘pressured and bullied’ trainee solicitor who blew whistle on firm’s fraud
'Horrendous environment' did not excuse dishonesty, tribunal found

Lord Chancellor condemns Nazi death threat against solicitor defending ‘speedboat killer’
Tuckers partner Richard Egan sent threatening letter for representing Jack Shepherd

Junior solicitor struck off for fare dodging just two years after qualifying
Adam Kemeny avoided paying £650 worth of train fares from Shoreditch to Surrey

Brexit could generate plenty of opportunities for future lawyers
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘How will Brexit disarray affect future lawyers?’ event at ULaw Moorgate on Thursday, ULaw associate professor Trevor Tayleur casts an expert eye over the impending upheaval

Stephenson Harwood posts 100% spring trainee retention score
All eight March qualifiers to stay put

‘Lawtech? We’ve no idea what it is’, say 50% of junior lawyers
Despite hype, two-thirds reported no change to their job role

My 10 trickiest training contract interview questions
Fortunately, I was never asked ‘sell me this pen’

What it’s like to do a training contract at PwC
Two PwC trainee solicitors reveal how to maximise your experiences on your application forms and give an insider’s view on a Big Four training contract

Hogan Lovells partner caught watching porn at work leaves firm
Irwin Mitchell lawyer filmed the incident from an adjacent office

Charles Russell Speechlys lawyer and two sons smash 3,000 mile rowing record
Raise £180,000 for charity in the process

Understanding the success of US law firms in London
Four Shearman & Sterling partners share their insights

Why do City trainees who start in March earn less than those who start in September?
'There's a glitch in the system'

This is how one City law firm responds to market change
The panel, which comprised of lawyers and business services professionals, had plenty to say on topics ranging from Brexit, the economic cycle and the rise of disruptive technologies

Lawyers are stressed — but not as much as social workers and recruiters
Increasing workloads number on stress source, research shows

Young Legal Aid Lawyers: SRA must reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee pay
Enforceable salary requirements ditched by SRA in 2014