Tag: Solicitors

‘How can I escape the TC application hamster wheel?’
One aspiring lawyer needs readers’ advice

Fine for pilot posing as lawyer
Suits of the skies

A&O breaks £2 billion revenue barrier ahead of proposed Shearman mega-merger
Partner profits dip due to 'challenging market conditions'

Ditch the equality pledges and provide more mentoring, flexitime and maternity support, say women lawyers
Less than half think current gender equality measures are effective

Taylor Wessing ups NQ lawyer salaries to £100k
Rises for rookies too

A&O reveals 93% trainee retention rate
Magic Circle firm keeps 37 of its 40 autumn qualifiers

Meet the future trainee solicitor hoping to make law firms more Muslim-friendly
From making ablution in sinks to makeshift prayer rooms, Waqas Hussain, founder of the Muslim Employment Charter, tells us about his ambitions for the future law firm

DWF share price jumps by a third amid talks over potential sale
Listed law firm in discussions with private equity firm

WFW launches law school scholarship in memory of lawyer
Firm teams up with Nottingham Uni following death of partner Mei Lin Goh

US law firm trio reveal London trainee retention figures
White & Case, Vinson & Elkins and Covington & Burling

SRA increases SQE exam fees by 11% in response to inflation
Total cost to sit two-part test stands at £4,564

‘Securing an SQE scholarship helped me realise my solicitor dream’
Legal Cheek Careers catches up with BARBRI winner and trainee solicitor Nitesh Rewatkar

5 ways Love Island is like the criminal justice system
They share more than meets the eye, writes Christianah Omobosola Babajide

Mishcon records 86% autumn trainee retention rate
24 out of 28 rookies take NQ roles