Tag: Solicitors
Smartphones have made overtime culture ‘endemic’ in law, finds research
Study released today blames phones and tablets for allowing partners to deprive associates of almost all sleep
PM hit with social media flack for Magna Carta banalities
David Cameron’s 800th anniversary message from windswept Surrey car park wins little more than derision
Podcast: Will Mayer Brown’s new earn-while-you-learn programme kill the training contract?
Project mastermind Danielle White on a new way into the City that could change everything
Social Mobility Commission slams law firms for rich kids bias
Unofficial "poshness test" which champions "talent" keeps riff-raff out of legal profession
Exclusive Legal Cheek survey: 27% of lawyers take recreational drugs
And it’s not just a spliff round the barbecue — nearly 80% of users are keen on class-A gear
Canary Wharf law firm asks students to pay to do work experience
"You will be charged for us providing you this opportunity"
Media luvvie barristers in cat fight over alleged assault on London bus
Telly talking-head Sophia Cannon squares up against Doughty Street's Tunde Okewale -- with a phone hacking lawyer thrown into mix
Yesterday the government made it pointless to qualify into a legal aid law firm
Ministry of Justice announced a second round of cuts to crime specialist law firms, taking total to more than 17% in last year
Drug use among lawyers and law students: take the anonymous Legal Cheek survey
Do you take illegal -- or even "legal" -- drugs?
White & Case ups London NQ pay by 20% to a whopping £90k
But flash New Yorkers still £10k off lead pace set by US rivals in Square Mile
Only one in five Britons with a legal problem in next three years will go to a lawyer
Research from uber-regulator exposes huge lack in access to justice for ordinary public
Freshfields chucks £500 pay rise at trainees as top partners take home nearly £1.5m
Latest magic circle player to update pay gives newly-qualified solicitors a big fat nothing
Sacked Apprentice lawyer wants you to fund her business
Lauren Riley turns to crowd funding to boost her client-communications app
Now there’s a mobile app that monitors and records human rights abuses
International lawyers group launches hi-tech tool in fight against tyrants and political fanatics
Global firm CMS kicks off fourth year of state school student law degree bursary
Scheme is designed to encourage sixth-formers from “disadvantaged backgrounds” to have a punt at legal profession
Officialdom’s advice to lawyers: be nice to litigants in person
It’s not a good idea to swear at members of the public representing themselves
The hard route to becoming a City lawyer
King & Wood Mallesons solicitor Jeremy Consitt spent 15 years working his way up from the bottom
What the supervisor says Vs What the trainee hears
Junior and senior lawyers speak a different language
Cutting edge ‘virtual’ law firm in hot water over ambulance-chasing Alton Towers tweet
Solicitors quickly ditch social media bid to pick up work in wake of Staffordshire amusement park disaster
9 young lawyers to follow on social media for a glimpse into the glamorous side of law
An alternative insight into the legal profession