Tag: Solicitors

Criminal lawyers in uproar over court IT chaos
Continuing digital outage plays havoc with justice system

Calls concerning bullying and harassment up 80%, says lawyer helpline
Majority of callers to LawCare women

Linklaters releases ethnicity pay gap data
Follows Allen & Overy in publishing voluntary figures

7 steps to training contract application success
ULaw dean for the Chester and Liverpool campuses, Carol Draycott, shares her tips to the top ahead of Thursday’s event in Liverpool

New legislation on domestic abuse heralds family law shake-up
Ban on abusers grilling victims in court among changes

City law firms dominate LGBT top 100 employer list
Pinsent Masons came out on top

Retrial ordered in ‘Lord Harley’ fraud case following dramatic courtroom collapse
Former solicitor-advocate remains in hospital

Aspiring lawyers must have drive, aptitude and interest
The legal profession has changed over the years, but Phil Sanderson of Ropes & Gray shows that some things stay the same

Junior lawyers ‘endangered species’ due to automation, law prof claims
Rookies carrying out repetitive work face being 'gradually culled from firms'

US law firm Crowell & Moring reveals London training contract ambitions
Hopes to take on first UK trainees from September 2021

From trainee to London senior partner — and what I learnt along the way
Legal Cheek Careers caught up with Mayer Brown’s Sally Davies at the firm’s London office to uncover the story behind her success

London law firm partner fined £45,000 in case with link to Panama Papers leak
Child & Child lawyer breached anti-money laundering rules, according to disciplinary finding

Magic circle law firm launches cannabis newsletter
Allen & Overy eyes up legal weed deals

Lawtech is a means to an end — it’s not about having ‘a new shiny toy’
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s Nick Pryor gives his insight into the past, present and future of legal technology

‘Lord Harley’ appears in court to face charges of benefit fraud
He denies wrongdoing

Ex-army MP calls Leigh Day chief ‘dishonest’, claiming he has ‘completely destroyed’ lives of British soldiers
Tense committee session pits Iraq torture lawyer against parliamentarians

A partner and a trainee explain why they decided to become corporate lawyers
Shearman & Sterling's New York and London offices brought to life in short clip

A quarter of trainee solicitors paid below Law Society recommended minimum
New figures show improvement in number of firms heeding Chancery Lane guidance