Tag: Solicitors

BigLaw lawyer resigns over firm’s $100 million Trump deal in scathing LinkedIn post
Another Skadden lawyer goes viral

Departing Skadden associate urges boycott of trainee recruitment at firms silent on Trump attacks
Rachel Cohen’s message comes as her own firm strikes $100 million deal with US President

WilmerHale pulled into Trump’s escalating war on BigLaw
New exec order cites firm's ties to ex-US special counsel in Trump-Russia probe

Winston & Strawn raises London NQ pay to £160,000
Trainee pay bumped up too

Why life as a litigator is nothing like you see on TV
We spoke to ULaw’s Nicole Kalli, lecturer and former litigator, about her move from practice to teaching and what it’s really like to work in disputes

City lawyer speaks out after aspiring solicitor faces SQE fee clawback from top law firm
Failed challenging exams, leading to the withdrawal of TC offer

Trump hits yet another US law firm with executive order
Jenner & Block becomes latest target

Aspiring solicitor barred after accessing case study and model answers before Macfarlanes assessment day
Worked as a paralegal at City firm

Ukrainian lawyer secures SQE scholarship in vlogging comp
Nazarii Pylypchuk ‘happy and grateful’ after landing BARBRI award

Executive order could have ‘destroyed’ firm, says Paul Weiss chair
Brad Karp defends deal with US president as Skadden junior lawyer resigns in protest over D&I attack

‘What should I wear to my assessment centre?’
Workwear dilemma for training contract hopeful

‘Human error’ costs HSF £465k as firm fined over Russia sanctions breach
The penalty concerns £4 million in payments from 2022

Law Society condemns Trump’s attack on lawyers as top firms quietly remove DEI content from their websites
Hogan Lovells and Latham & Watkins among those to make online tweaks

Ex-Cooley lawyer handed six-month suspension for stalking former girlfriend
Sent her 'unsolicited items' including flowers and Haribo sweets

Trump’s D&I crackdown expands: A&O Shearman, Freshfields and Hogan Lovells among latest law firm targets
20 major outfits face probe

Kirkland cements BigLaw dominance with record $8.8 billion revenue
Average partner profits soar to $9.25 million

YouTuber shares life as a Magic Circle trainee — in and out of the office
Liberty Miles has racked up 80k+ subscribers

Appeal launched to support stranded trainees following RBG collapse
Seven seek support

‘Give them some leeway’: Lawfluencer urges firms to stand by trainees who fail SQE
Appeal follows latest exam results

Law firm earnings up, but it’s taking longer for clients to pay
Law Society research