Tag: Solicitors

Successful lawyers are good at the basics

Apply the law and understand your client’s business and you will do well whatever changes technology brings, says RPC's Dan Guilfoyle

Oct 10 2018 10:57am
Mental wellbeing lawyers solicitors students law

8 City law firms pledge to improve lawyer wellbeing

On World Mental Health Day

Oct 10 2018 8:44am
Law firm office

IBA Conference: Law firms’ offices need to take account of millennials’ priorities, says top architect

Successful spaces will be designed to offer 'lifestyle' not just a place to work

Oct 9 2018 1:03pm
Ashurst lawyers retention rate City

Ashurst keeps 19 out of 21 qualifying trainees

Autumn retention score of 90%

Oct 9 2018 9:03am

11 things law students need to know about legal design

Members from Norton Rose Fulbright’s innovation team share their insights on the hot commercial awareness topic of 2018

Oct 8 2018 3:21pm
IBA Conference lawyers solicitors barristers

Lawyers discuss stolen ruby slippers, Van Gogh and Boy George’s Christian icon as IBA Conference kicks off in Rome

Six thousand descend on Italian capital for week-long law 'mingle-athon'

Oct 8 2018 1:52pm
Artificial intelligence AI technology tech lawyers solicitors robot

SRA awarded £700,000 to fund ‘robolawyer’ projects

Taxpayers' cash will help support AI innovations within the legal services sector

Oct 5 2018 1:19pm
Justice courts lawyers

Free Representation Unit teams up with The Secret Barrister in new CrowdJustice appeal

Blogging heavyweight becomes legal charity's first anonymous patron

Oct 5 2018 10:24am
VR BCLP lawyers

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner gives law students a taste of trainee life with virtual reality goggles

It's not the first time a City law firm has embraced headset-style tech

Oct 5 2018 9:16am

Baker McKenzie’s lawyers and trainees can now wear jeans

But global giant’s recently relaxed dress code policy does not extend to leggings, flip-flops or trainers

Oct 4 2018 10:50am

Linklaters bumps junior lawyer base rate pay to £83,000

Magic circle titan's rookies also handed rises

Oct 3 2018 4:47pm

Weil Gotshal boosts newly qualified solicitor pay to £120,000

As it ups LPC maintenance grant by 25%

Oct 3 2018 8:47am
Pinsent Masons Marilyn Cooney

The changing fortunes of Dublin as a legal centre from the eyes of a lawyer who lived it

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘The rise of Dublin as a global legal centre’, Pinsent Masons senior associate Marilyn Cooney reflects on her career to date

Oct 2 2018 2:15pm

The 2019 Firms Most List goes live

Expanded lists now feature 90 firms -- each with a Legal Cheek View and Insider Scorecard ranking

Oct 2 2018 10:07am

The life of a capital markets lawyer

White & Case’s Inigo Esteve tells us how he helps international companies list on the London Stock Exchange and shares his advice for students seeking to get into this branch of City law

Oct 1 2018 4:21pm