Tag: Solicitors

HFW moving to new ‘sustainable’ City office

New HQ features rainwater harvesting and air filtration systems as well as 'highest solar panels in London'

May 16 2022 11:38am
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Capsticks writes off trainee debt after bumper pandemic profits

LPC and SQE loans reportedly written off

May 16 2022 10:13am
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Slaughters targets 90% emissions reduction by 2040

Joins growing number of City firms implementing green goals 🌍

May 16 2022 8:56am

First class law grad ditches legal career to play Call of Duty professionally

Jade MacIntyre, 24, says she makes more streaming than lawyering

May 13 2022 10:55am
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US firm trainee: ‘Should I pay off my student loan in one go?’

'Qualification is by no means a given'

May 13 2022 9:28am
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SQE prep provider pledges to reduce law fair merch in new eco push

BARBRI joins elite City firms in signing up to the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance

May 12 2022 5:59am

O Shaped Lawyer strikes first law firm deal

Browne Jacobson joins soft skills movement

May 11 2022 11:18am
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‘The legal industry is not a hierarchy with private practice at the top’

BARBRI managing director Lucie Allen explains SQE’s potential to widen access to the profession

May 11 2022 10:21am

Latest speakers announced as profession gears up for LegalEdCon 2022

Leading figures to descend on Kings Cross as Legal Cheek’s future of legal education and training conference returns this Thursday

May 10 2022 11:53am
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Solicitor apprenticeships: what you need to know…

BPP's Alison Wells explains why solicitor apprenticeships are becoming an increasingly popular option for school-leavers and how the law school supports firms taking up this new pathway

May 10 2022 10:10am

‘The overall culture in law is damaging many junior lawyers’, JLD chair warns

Mental Health Awareness Week prompts renewed calls for change as wellbeing charity LawCare extends online support

May 10 2022 8:40am
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‘Picking an SQE prep course is a lot like dating — you’ve got to find the one you connect with’

ULaw director of business development, Morette Jackson, explains how the law school is helping firms and students grapple with the changing SQE regime

May 9 2022 10:36am

HSF junior lawyer makes Forbes power list for ‘alternative Old Boys network’

Sophie Pender recognised for social mobility efforts

May 9 2022 9:29am
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Solicitor who injected food with blood found not guilty due to insanity

Leoaai Elghareeb suffered psychosis during supermarket rampage last summer, causing nearly £500,000 of damages

May 6 2022 12:18pm

The journey from legal publisher to tech giant

Head of brand and communications at LexisNexis, Matthew Leopold, discusses the new, user-friendly tools the company has created to make the law more accessible

May 6 2022 11:18am

Career-changing doctor: ‘Can I negotiate my training contract salary?’

I have years of experience and transferable skills

May 6 2022 10:11am
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When will most law firms embrace the SQE?

Legal Cheek Careers catches up with BPP University Law School’s head of outreach and student recruitment, Jonny Hurst, to hear the inside scoop on the timeline of different firms’ SQE transition

May 5 2022 11:09am

Would you take a pay cut to WFH permanently? 88% of our readers say no

Findings follow Stephenson Harwood's announcement last week that it will reduce salaries by 20% if staff choose to work from home full-time

May 5 2022 9:59am
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