Tag: Solicitors

Freshfields confirms it will no longer publish its financial results
Revenue and partner profits up in final figures to media

Quartet of top City law firms announce muted financial results
Everyone struggles to keep pace with inflation

CMS records 80% autumn trainee retention rate
48 out of 60 rookies take NQ roles

PEP ‘not helpful’, says Mishcon
London law firm confirms it will no longer publish profit per equity partner figure as it reveals latest set of financial results

Linklaters becomes latest Magic Circle firm to post record revenues
Hits £1.9 billion -- but profits and PEP dip

Slaughter and May wants more working-class lawyers
Elite Magic Circle outfit sets series of new social mobility targets

Osborne Clarke ties bonuses to office attendance
60/40 split

DWF’s £342 million takeover edges closer
Listed giant receives all-cash offer from private equity firm

Law firm defends LPC-requirement for receptionist role
Sign of the times?

Eversheds Sutherland strikes ‘cooperation agreement’ with Asia’s KWM
Send legal work to each other

CMS and Simmons raise NQ lawyer salaries
£105k and £107.5k

What it takes to succeed on a law conversion course
The College of Legal Practice’s module leader for the Graduate Foundation in Law, Laura Hall, discusses her law conversion experience and time in legal practice

Don’t use dating apps to cheat on your partners, lawyers warned
Anonymous blogger tells solicitors to be mindful of online behaviour

Clifford Chance breaks £2 billion revenue threshold with eighth consecutive year of growth
Average partner profits remain flat at £2 million amid significant 'economic headwinds'

Trainee solicitor competes in Miss Universe GB comp
Challenges included walking over broken glass

Solicitor aims to become first ‘AI-powered MP’
Andrew Gray hopes tech-focused approach will lead to election success

Travers and Ashurst raise NQ lawyer salaries
£110,000 and £115,000 -- plus rises for some trainees too

‘Future lawyers need to be versatile and willing to innovate’
As technology continues to transform the legal industry, we chat to Cemile Cakir, head of online postgraduate academic courses at ULaw, for her take on how students should engage with it

Will AI replace lawyers?
Technology associate Phillippa Stubbs considers whether the rapid evolution of large language models means the end of legal careers

Cycling City lawyer quits US firm for 14,000km ride from Canada to Argentina
From grizzly bears to wildfires, former Akin associate Nick Avis tells Legal Cheek what it's like to leave your high-paying job to embark on the adventure of a lifetime