Tag: Solicitors
Lib-Dem justice minister bombarded with flack for pompous Magna Carta tweet
Social justice campaigners draw Simon Hughes’s attention to the fact that his government is devastating legal aid budget
City firm coaxes all staff to embrace pro bono ethic by asking for 25 hours a year
Transatlantic giant Hogan Lovells launches bid to spread charitable works across all levels of its business -- including trainees, and presumably dinner ladies too
‘Drunk’ City law firm graduate recruiter tells wannabe solicitor that 2:1 from Durham and AAB is not good enough to bag a training contract
Strange goings-on at Trowers & Hamlins
The Amal Effect: More wannabe human rights lawyers, but where are the jobs?
Soaring applications for human rights courses may not be good news
England to consider gender neutral titles for solicitors after Scottish legal profession brings in ‘Mx’ option
Land of kilts rule change could be followed south of the border
Research: lawyers most sought after profession for affairs because they’re good liars and pay attention to detail
Solicitors and barristers in hot demand on infidelity dating websites
What judges say Vs. what judges mean
"I consider this application, in accordance with the Overriding Objective" = "Eeeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Another woman is now in charge of a top City law firm
Ascent of Berwin Leighton Paisner's Lisa Mayhew offers hope to female corporate lawyers
‘Unexploited’ legal market gives lawyers chance to escape grind and become tech entrepreneurs
Corporate lawyer founder of Silicon Roundabout legal start-up on how he secured £260K investment -- and why he sees market primed with opportunity for solicitors and barristers
Grayling Magna Carta party latest — win raffle to open a bridge
Highlight of Ministry of Justice’s controversial Global Law Summit to be a bottleneck of traffic in east London
Herbert Smith Freehills and Reed Smith both post retention rates of over 90%
International City giants will hang on to 93% and 91% of their trainees
Guilty until proven innocent? Ministry of Justice mistakenly reverses the burden of proof
Top legal tweeters Mukul Chawla QC and David Allen Green call out MoJ
Junior lawyer battles food waste living on a pound a day for charity
Corporate law specialist at Trethowans in one-woman challenge against modern world laziness
An intellectual property firm has nicked a corporate law firm’s name
Isn't this ironic
Tadpoles and pigs play key role in high street law firm paralegal hiring policy
"Insult to intelligence" critical reasoning test pivotal in determining whether you’re up to the task of checking land registry searches at west country solicitors’ firm
The campaign for the trainee solicitor minimum salary is being resurrected
Battle to protect trainee pay not over yet
95% of top law firms predict ‘massive consolidation’ over next two years
The firm you join as a trainee may not be the firm at which you qualify
Ex-Shearman & Sterling lawyer goes viral with YouTube rap
Unlikely social media sensation of the week ...
City firm tries to boost women partner numbers by getting female trainees to talk more about career development
Herbert Smith Freehills' new women trainee network is part of firm's bid to make its partnership 30% female
Alternative careers: junior solicitor launches cat cafe to help stressed out students
Feline-themed venture by Maclay Murray & Spens lawyer could be purrrfect for beleaguered legal hopefuls
Clifford Chance’s Aysh Chaudhry saga — a sad and salutary tale
Global mega firm caught between a rock and a hard place as fall-out from YouTube rant lingers