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Ashurst keeps 20 out of 24 NQ solicitors as it bumps trainee pay by 5%
£46,000 in year one, rising to £50,000 in year two The London office of Ashurst has confirmed its latest retention score, revealing that 20 out of its 24 newly qualifying (NQ) solicitors will be...
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My life as a leveraged finance lawyer
Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘What next for the global economy?’, Weil, Gotshal & Manges banking & finance partner Tom Richards looks back on his career and offers advice to the next generation...
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Exclusive: City law firm ‘consortium’ prepares to appoint super-exam prep...
Linklaters latest to join influential group A “consortium” of prominent City law firms is working together to jointly appoint a legal education provider to help prepare its future trainees to undertake...
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Accountancy giant Deloitte in ‘SQE training contract’ first
First ten up for grabs from today Accountancy giant Deloitte is making further inroads into the legal profession with a new training contract programme specifically designed for the new Solicitors...
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‘Sex is fun, and I can get paid for it’, says criminal lawyer who side...
Married mother Katherine Sears claims to have once made £44,500 in just three weeks Katherine Sears A criminal lawyer in the US has revealed how she is supplementing her income by working as a...
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‘Hackers, hustlers and hipsters’ not enough to solve access to justice...
A ‘killer app’ is yet to emerge A leading law professor has argued that it will take more than so-called legal hackathons filled with tech-savvy 20-somethings to improve access to justice for those on...
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New tribunal date set for Allen & Overy partner who helped draft Weinstein NDA
Mark Mansell to face SDT on 5 December A partner at Allen & Overy will face a disciplinary tribunal later this year over his role in drafting a controversial non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for...
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Linklaters ditches traditional training contract application to save students...
New online skills assessment will slash submission time from five hours to 90 minutes, says magic circle firm Linklaters has today announced it has done away with its standard application and selection...
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Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament unlawful, Scotland’s highest...
Supreme Court showdown next week Original image via Snowmanradio Scotland’s highest court has ruled that Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament in the run-up to the Brexit deadline on 31...
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ULaw secures GDL and LPC training deal with national law firm TLT
Outfit takes on around 15 trainees each year The University of Law (ULaw) has put pen to paper on a deal to provide legal training for future trainees at TLT. The tie-up will see ULaw become the...
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How Clifford Chance tapping into the tech revolution is helping fuel emerging...
A panel of magic circle lawyers explain what’s happening on the ground Technology today is everywhere, impacting business in every sector, globally. Last Thursday an audience of almost 300 students...
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Addleshaw Goddard bumps London NQ solicitor salaries by 7% to £75,000 as it...
City player will now recruit 50 trainees annually Addleshaw Goddard has become the latest big legal player to up the salaries of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers and trainees. The firm confirmed NQ...
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Ex-Akin Gump partner to face disciplinary tribunal over ‘amended’ taxi...
US giant left ‘deeply troubled’ A former partner at US law firm Akin Gump is to face a disciplinary tribunal over allegations relating to expenses he submitted while at the outfit’s London office....
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Teenager admits murdering solicitor with screwdriver outside Newcastle...
Peter Duncan stabbed in ‘chance encounter’ Eldon Square shopping centre in Newcastle A teenager has pleaded guilty to murdering an in-house solicitor with a screwdriver. The 17-year-old, who cannot be...
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Eversheds Sutherland posts 80% NQ solicitor retention score
39 out of 49 Eversheds Sutherland has posted a 2019 newly qualified (NQ) solicitor retention score of 80%. Of the 49 trainees who qualified earlier this month, 39 have stayed put. The firm confirmed...
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The move towards a greener future presents real opportunities for lawyers
From financing innovative tech solutions in Rwanda to working on large-scale solar energy projects, Norton Rose Fulbright lawyer Rosa Mottershead reflects on her career to date Rosa Mottershead “My...
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Tech’s impact on access to justice blighted by ‘widespread confusion’, says...
Technology has a role but it’s not the ‘silver bullet’ The use of legal tech to improve access to justice is beset by confusion and fragmentation, the Law Society has found. In a report published this...
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Herbert Smith Freehills offers £10,000 London GDL maintenance grant
£9,000 in the regions Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is offering its future London trainees £10,000 in financial support during the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). The sum equates to an uplift by a...
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Baker McKenzie bumps trainee pay by 7% as its confirms autumn retention score
£48,000 in year one, rising to £52,000 in year two Baker McKenzie has increased the salaries of trainees by as much as 7% as the global firm confirmed 16 of its 18 newly qualified (NQ) lawyers had...
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Document deception sees trainee solicitor removed from profession
Rookie says he’s learned from experience A trainee solicitor who amended a legal document in order to mislead a third party has been told he can no longer work in the legal profession. Thomas David...
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