Tag: Solicitors

Career May Be Over For City Lawyer Who Groped Woman On National Express Coach As He’s Put On Sex Offenders Register

Hugh Wotherspoon, the solicitor found guilty last month of groping a woman on the Edinburgh-London...

Sep 3 2012 9:35am

British Law Firm* Is Obama’s Third Highest Campaign Funder

None of the ‘serious’ legal publications have reported the news that DLA Piper is the...

Aug 30 2012 4:20pm

Meet The Solicitors With Second Jobs As Writers For Essay Companies That Target Students

Yesterday, we brought you news of an essay-writing company that pays LPC and BPTC graduates...

Aug 30 2012 9:02am

What Is It With Law Graduates And The Urge To Steal From John Lewis?

An LPC graduate has admitted stealing from John Lewis via a fake refund scam, just...

Aug 28 2012 10:12am

How To Face Down Dirty Tactics During a Vac Scheme

Over the weekend, ‘The Budding Lawyer’ wrote of the dirty tactics he had fallen victim...

Aug 23 2012 10:30am

Welcome To The ‘Envy Economy’ Of City Law Firms

I spend my days in the office listening to management speak. When I’m not going...

Aug 22 2012 10:03am

Leap To The Other Side: Camden New Journal Music Editor On How She’s Juggling Journalism And Law

For the past two years I have been leading a double life – part music...

Aug 21 2012 1:47pm

Is It OK For Solicitors To Ask Their Secretaries To Cancel The Milk For Them?

Hearing trainee solicitors talk about “their secretary” always makes me cringe. Invariably it’s done in...

Aug 21 2012 9:06am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: Understanding How Law Firms Think About A-Levels

With many law firms and barristers’ chambers using strict minimum A-level requirements to filter wannabes,...

Aug 17 2012 5:14pm

How To Land a PAID Paralegal Position And Qualify As a Solicitor Without Drowning In Debt

Paralegal Tony, a part-time LPC student and paralegal at a City law firm, says that...

Aug 16 2012 12:16pm

Did Freshfields’ Olympics Sponsorship Come Out Of The Pro Bono Budget?

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s sponsorship of the Olympics cost it £10 million. The firm’s most recent...

Aug 15 2012 10:03am

Jags And Unpaid Interns: The Two Faces Of Fly-On-The-Wall Documentary Law Firm Tuckers

‘The Briefs’, the two-part ITV criminal law firm documentary which concluded last night, sparked rage...

Aug 10 2012 10:29am

City Lawyer Admits To ‘Trying It On’ With Woman On Edinburgh-London National Express Coach

There was a time, before the financial crisis struck, when City lawyers travelled by plane....

Aug 8 2012 1:04pm

Feeling Important: Possible As a Trainee Solicitor?

TheTraineeComplex continues his bid to understand life as a City law firm trainee through reference...

Aug 8 2012 9:10am

For God’s Sake, Retire! Baby Boomer Partners’ Refusal To Quit Blocks Junior Lawyer Career Progression

The number of partners retiring has fallen by a third in the last 15 years,...

Aug 7 2012 12:42pm

Cameron McKenna: Inhale The Good Shit, Exhale The Bullshit

Last week, The Lawyer reported that CMS Cameron McKenna is dropping the ‘CMS’ tag and...

Aug 6 2012 3:07pm

Why The ‘Out Of Office’ Email Is Dead

I love holidays, but I hate missing opportunities. Unfortunately, the two often go hand in...

Aug 6 2012 9:30am

A G&T With @LegalTrainee Founder Izzy Abidi

Earlier this week I caught up with Eversheds trainee Izzy Abidi – the brains behind...

Aug 3 2012 1:59pm

‘Does Grindr Count As An Extra-Curricular Activity?’

The other day, desperate for something memorable to put in the gaping ‘outside interests’ section...

Jul 31 2012 1:04pm