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The first ever legal careers network for STEM students who want to become...
STEM Future Lawyers brings together top law firms and the best science, technology, engineering and maths students The first ever legal careers network for students and graduates of science,...
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Lawyers rush to defend Leigh Day after solicitors cleared of 19 misconduct...
One said it was ‘a shameful political witchhunt’ Lawyers and academics alike have rushed to the defence of Leigh Day, as the human rights firm is cleared on all misconduct charges brought against it....
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Experience: I did a secondment at a global media company during my City...
Ahead of the firm’s training contract application deadline, Reed Smith trainee Roch Glowacki reflects on what he learned during six-months at firm’s client The life of a trainee solicitor is changing....
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NQ pay rises at Linklaters, with top performers set to earn over £90,000
£1,000 basic salary increase Linklaters has announced it’s increasing base pay for newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) by a grand, moving it from £77,500 to £78,500. This means top-performing associates at...
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Police conducting drugs investigation search Herbert Smith Freehills’ Belfast...
Number of items taken from low cost support hub for further examination The Belfast office of international heavyweight Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has been searched by police in connection with a...
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The standard of proof in solicitor AND barrister disciplinary hearings should...
Days after Leigh Day lawyers cleared on 19 misconduct charges The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said using a criminal standard of proof in lawyer disciplinary hearings is “costly”, “unfair”...
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Reshuffle: Ex-City lawyer who claimed foodbank users have ‘cash flow...
Dominic Raab MP made a Justice Minister, as fellow commercial solicitor made Work and Pensions Secretary A former City lawyer who claimed many foodbank users are not “languishing in poverty” but merely...
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Norton Rose Fulbright’s merger with Aussie law firm Henry Davis York given...
Official go-live date remains unknown A merger between global giant Norton Rose Fulbright and Australian outfit Henry Davis York has been given the green light. In a joint statement released today, the...
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Solicitor super-exam: Students able to take LPC and GDL into the 2030s
Exclusive: Regulator backs ‘lengthy transition period’, as lawyers speculate advocacy’s place on SQE The solicitor super-exam’s transition period could run into the 2030s, Legal Cheek understands. The...
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Solicitor super-exam WILL change how big City law firms hire trainees,...
Comments come in response to suggestion by Hogan Lovells chief that scrapping LPC may not have major impact The growing consensus that the new solicitor qualification exam (SQE) won’t have much impact...
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Event: How to make it as a City lawyer
Solicitors from Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown join experts from BPP University Law School, NOTICED and PRIME to help prep students — for free — ahead of the training contract...
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‘They tried to get lawyers’: Devastating cuts to legal aid prevented Grenfell...
Legal profession offers pro bono support to blaze victims Grenfell Tower in West London Grenfell Tower’s residents tried to obtain legal advice over safety concerns but were prevented from doing so due...
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SRA moots paying student guinea pigs to sit pilot super-exam
Want to get paid to take the SQE? Julie Brannan, director of education and training at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), told a legal education conference this week that students may be needed...
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Travers Smith launches mentor scheme to empower LGBT+ students
Corporate law firm tackles the big dilemma of coming out at work Halfway into Pride Month, Travers Smith has launched a new LGBT+ student mentoring scheme in partnership with sexual orientation charity...
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Boston bolt-on: Hogan Lovells to swallow up US law firm Collora
Combination to go live on 1 September Global law firm Hogan Lovells and US outfit Collora have agreed to join forces. The tie-up will see Collora’s 25 lawyers (including 15 partners) join the Hogan...
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Why lawyers need to be good listeners
Ahead of Legal Cheek and Macfarlanes’ deal-themed Commercial Awareness Question Time event next week, partner Nicholas Barclay offers future solicitors some advice Often students claim to be drawn to...
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Why I regret my magic circle training contract
Career mistakes: Legal Cheek meets a soon-to-be NQ, a paralegal and an LPC student Studying law is a safe bet. An intellectually stimulating degree is hard currency, and God knows adoring relatives...
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Law student who helped Baker McKenzie partner during train station attack...
‘He’s the kind of person we want at the firm’ A law student who jumped in to help a Baker McKenzie partner during a train station assault has now started work experience at the firm. In May, we...
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City law firms dominate first ever social mobility employer index
MoJ and Inner Temple also recognised for their endeavours to help disadvantaged young people A plethora of City law firms have featured on what is believed to be the first ever social mobility index....
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From King’s College London law student to Ashurst partner
As Ashurst’s training contract deadline looms, we talk to banking law specialist Nick Wong about his career to date The deadline for submission of applications for training contracts with City...
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