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Why future lawyers need to be open-minded and flexible
Speaking ahead of ‘Secrets to Success Bristol — with Burges Salmon, RPC and St John’s Chambers’, The University of Law’s Russell Binch counsels against a single, definitive notion of how your career...
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Share dealing begins in stock market-listed law firm
Knights to recruit 200 more fee earners but remains silent on possible training contract increases The admission to the stock market of a regional top 100 law firm came into effect this morning....
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Magic circle duo join the MoneyLaw madness
Allen & Overy and Linklaters latest to pay US newly qualified lawyers eye-watering figure that works out just shy of £150k MoneyLaw madness is spreading. In the latest junior lawyer pay rise...
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‘There’s no such thing as success without hard work — in any walk of life,...
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘How to make it as a City lawyer’ event in London on 4 July, panellist Rebecca Wales, a litigator at Hogan Lovells, explains how curiosity, open-mindedness and the ability to...
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The diary of a client secondee
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘How to make it as a City lawyer’ in London on 4 July, Mayer Brown junior lawyer Emma Sturt discusses her spells on secondments at Citibank and Wells Fargo Mayer Brown associate...
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Jeremy Corbyn suggests decriminalising cannabis possession
But Labour leader stops short of saying we should legalise it completely Jeremy Corbyn has hinted that his party could decriminalise the possession of cannabis in what would be a major criminal law...
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From trainee to partner, and what I’ve learnt along the way
Ahead of Legal Cheek‘s ‘How to make it as a City lawyer’ event in London tomorrow, Baker McKenzie corporate partner Kirsty Wilson reflects on her own legal career and the advice she’d give to those...
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Herbert Smith Freehills boosts London junior lawyer pay by 13% to £93,000
Weeks after global giant hiked US associate salaries Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has boosted the pay packets of its newly qualified (NQ) solicitors in London. The global outfit confirmed today that...
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Clifford Chance equity partners to earn an average of £1.6 million
First magic circle financials released Clifford Chance has fired the starting pistol on another magic circle financial results season, revealing sizeable uplifts in its profit per equity partner (PEP)...
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7 things students need to do when applying for training contracts
Ahead of tonight’s ‘How to make it as a City lawyer’ event, Legal Cheek Careers meets BPP University LPC lecturer Charlie Radcliffe If he doesn’t manage to get you a job as a lawyer, Charlie Radcliffe...
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Taylor Wessing confirms Liverpool office launch as firm mulls training...
The centre will open in September International law firm Taylor Wessing is launching a low-cost support hub in Liverpool. The centre will open in September, initially with a small number of new legal...
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Magic circle money mayhem! Average partner earnings at Allen & Overy and...
Eye-watering sums put MoneyLaw junior lawyer pay war in the shade Profit per equity partner (PEP) at Allen & Overy and Freshfields has risen to respective figures of £1.64 million and £1.73 million...
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HFW launches trainee-controlled Instagram account
You can now slide into the DMs of an international law firm International law firm HFW has launched its very own Instagram account, but with a twist: the page is run by the outfit’s current crop of...
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Exclusive: Junior lawyer tells MPs she was ‘sexually assaulted’ by magic...
Associate ‘felt compelled’ to sign an NDA following the attack A magic circle junior lawyer has revealed she was sexually assaulted by a partner at her firm. As part of her written evidence to the...
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The best lawyer photos from London Pride 🏳️🌈
Includes wigs, top hats and law-themed jewellery Lawyers lined the streets of London this weekend to march for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights at this year’s Pride in...
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Top commercial barrister lands Attorney General role
As ex-Linklaters lawyer scoops Brexit secretary position Geoffrey Cox QC A top-earning commercial barrister has become the new Attorney General as part of Theresa May’s hastily organised cabinet...
View ArticleThe story of how 25-year-old City lawyers came to earn £143,000 a year
A handy video explainer It’s been an interesting couple of months for City lawyer pay. US outfit Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy fired the starting pistol on another summer pay war after it upped the...
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Mishcon de Reya cuts billable targets by 20% to encourage tech-minded lawyers...
Follows similar move by Reed Smith A handful of lawyers at City outfit Mishcon de Reya have had their billable hours slashed to encourage them to be more innovative. The outfit confirmed a “small...
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Social media is everywhere — but the law governing it remains a speciality...
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘Secrets to Success – media and sports law’ event tomorrow evening, ULaw associate professor Peter Goodchild looks back on a career that began as an IP and IT lawyer in the City...
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14 law firms named on 2018 social mobility power list
Top 10 spots for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Baker McKenzie Fourteen corporate law firms have secured places in this year’s social mobility power list. Top-ranking law firms featured in the Social...
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