Tag: Solicitors

How Lehman Brothers’ collapse paved the way for MoneyLaw and the minimum wage
2008 financial crisis shaped the legal profession as we know it

Clyde & Co bumps trainee and junior lawyer pay as it confirms autumn retention score of 83%
One NQ is on a fixed term deal

Bircham Dyson Bell and Pitmans to vote on £50 million tie-up
Firms reveal 'exploratory merger discussions'

Solicitor fined £2,000 after being caught drink-driving THREE TIMES in just one month
Regulator tipped off about convictions by two members of the public

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner posts 79% autumn retention score
Recently-merged global player retains 15 of its 19 rookies

Mid-size money movers: Forsters, Trowers & Hamlins, Withers and Farrer & Co up junior lawyer pay
Some trainees also awarded modest salary boosts

What commercial awareness is and what it should not be
Legal commentator and solicitor David Allen Green considers what this law firm buzzword actually means

Norton Rose Fulbright unveils 90% autumn retention score
Global giant retains 28 out of 31 rookies

Allen & Overy releases partner gender pay gap data following criticism from MPs
Magic circle outfit publishes 2018 and 2017 results

Allen & Overy and O’Melveny & Myers chiefs meet at Frankfurt hotel as mega-merger talks continue
Two months after representatives from both firms met in London

LawCatz: New TV chat show aims to demystify the legal world with the help of lawyers
Pilot to air on Sky next month, according to programme’s creator

Linklaters rounds off magic circle autumn retention season with 73% score
Global titan keeps 43 out of 59 qualifying trainees

Mayer Brown boosts junior lawyer pay to £78,000
Trainee salaries and LPC maintenance grant also up

Junior lawyer leaves Slaughter and May after signing for Juventus
And lands sports writing gig with a national newspaper

You can now teach your children the ABCs of law
From A is for attorney to Z is for zealous advocacy

Bookie slashes odds for Love Island solicitor Rosie Williams to enter I’m a Celeb jungle
Could the reality TV star be Oz bound?

‘It took me finding a training contract to discover what commercial awareness actually is’
A first-seat trainee on what she learnt along the way

Howard Kennedy brought in to prepare legal action for cave diver branded a ‘pedo’ by tech billionaire Elon Musk
City outfit’s top libel lawyer Mark Stephens named on pre-action letter

Law student receives absolutely brutal vac scheme rejection email
Was it justified?

Norton Rose Fulbright, Travers Smith and Ashurst increase trainee and junior lawyer salaries
All three outfits now in £75k-£80k range

Event: Re-imagining global law firms through legal design — with Norton Rose Fulbright
Top lawyers share their thoughts on integrating lawtech, innovation hubs and more; students ask the questions