Tag: Solicitors

The Apprentice: Lord Sugar tells law grad he ‘bottled it’ after backing out of project manager role
Kurran Pooni narrowly escapes firing

Law Society launches super-exam guide
But there are still plenty of unknowns

Linklaters’ co-head of fintech on what Brexit means for future lawyers
Finn Griggs advises students to focus on the many positives emanating from the coming together of finance and technology during this 'time of change'

Dentons could face SDT over dismissal of recruitment manager while on maternity leave
Bina Hale was made redundant while on maternity leave

Legal Entrepreneurs: How I used my lawyer skills to start my own consultancy firm
Media specialist Nicola Hartley shares her journey and the things she learnt along the way

Justice Week? Government cuts MoJ budget by £300 million
Not a great start

Gordon Dadds seals merger with Ince & Co but remains tight-lipped over whether Lord Hain will have role with the new firm
Tie-up creates UK's largest listed outfit

Student event: How will the law adapt to electric cars, self-driving vehicles and drones?
Commercial Awareness Question Time comes to Bristol on Thursday evening, for a discussion with Burges Salmon’s commercial, technology, data protection and projects lawyers, who will also be sharing their training contract application advice

‘It’ll leave you dead inside!’ New pop song warns students not to become lawyers
Catchy careers advice courtesy of US musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

10 pieces of advice for final seat trainees
Former magic circle lawyer Husnara Begum shares her wisdom with those preparing to qualify

Future lawyers need role models to show them it’s possible
Black History Month: Ademola Bamgbose on his journey from Lagos to London -- and a training contract at Hogan Lovells

Court prankster takes aim at broken toilets and lack of lifts in fake HMCTS notice
It appears to be have been posted on a robing room wall

Be yourself, be passionate about what you do and be resilient enough to overcome setbacks
White & Case lawyers share their advice with students and give key commercial awareness insights

Slaughter and May lawyers to be offered coding classes as part of new training pilot
As magic circle firm expands tech incubation programme

Pro bono week: Solicitor general appears to sign death warrant for controversial City law firm levy
MP says government not persuaded by Michael Gove-era idea of 1% turnover tax on mega-firms

How I became a lawyer who advises self-driving car start-ups and other innovative companies
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s latest student commercial awareness event, with Burges Salmon in Bristol next week, we spoke to projects and transport lawyer Ed Barratt

Why one lawyer quit the daily grind to launch his own tech company
The law has a habit of inhibiting entrepreneurship, says Lexoo founder and CEO Daniel Van Binsbergen, as he speaks to fellow legal entrepreneur David Burgess, the founder of Reviewed & Cleared

Ten minutes with Osborne Clarke’s digital revolution knowledge lawyer Catherine Hammon
Legal Cheek’s Aishah Hussain sat down with Catherine Hammon to discuss cross-industry disruption

Baker McKenzie chief goes on leave due to exhaustion
Firm’s global chair Paul Rawlinson follows doctor’s advice to take a break

City law firms could offer super-exam prep courses
Training proposal raised in new SQE toolkit