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Big Four giant PwC boosts NQ solicitor salaries to £72,000
Trainees receive fresh rises too Big Four player PwC has upped the salaries of its trainees and newly qualified (NQ) solicitors, Legal Cheek can reveal. The accountancy giant, which takes on around 30...
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Brit lawyers could boost salary by over a third working in US
From £66,329 to £93,284 British lawyers could boost their annual salary by over a third if they relocated across the pond, new research claims. The study, conducted by property buyer Good Move, found...
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UK lawtech investment rockets from £2.5 million to £62 million in just three...
Less than £1.5 million was invested in 2014, report shows Futurama Fry Meme Investment in UK legal technology rocketed to £61 million in 2018, almost tripling the £22 million ploughed into the rapidly...
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City lawyer’s viral letter slams lack of women in Chambers lawyer rankings
100,000 views and counting for LinkedIn post by Mayer Brown partner Chris Arnold A City law firm partner has gone mega-viral with a LinkedIn post slamming legal directory Chambers and Partners for not...
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Ashurst becomes latest City firm to launch fintech accelerator programme
Follows similar moves by the likes of Addleshaw Goddard, Simmons & Simmons and Slaughter and May Ashurst has become the latest big City player to dip its toe into the potentially lucrative world of...
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Slaughter and May distances itself from ‘Slaughtered and Dismayed’ corporate...
Insta page, until recently, used a modified version of magic circle outfit’s logo Slaughter and May has distanced itself from a corporate law-themed meme page which until recently used a modified...
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‘Will my first class degree help repair the damage caused by my atrocious...
I’m desperate to become a sports lawyer In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one aspiring sports lawyer wants to know if his first class undergraduate result will help repair the...
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Ropes & Gray raises over £50,000 for cancer charity following death of London...
Kaiya suffered from a rare form of leukaemia Kaiya Patel Ropes & Gray has raised more than £50,000 for a leading childhood cancer charity following the death of a partner’s daughter earlier this...
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Clyde & Co seeks paralegal with excellent attention to ‘detials’
Unfortunate typo It was red faces all around at Clyde & Co this week when an unfortunate typo saw the global firm seek the services of a paralegal with excellent attention to “detials”. The awkward...
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KCL partners with national law firm to launch student-staffed legal advice...
Latest pro bono initiative to cover range of family law issues Credit: King’s College London King’s College London (KCL) has teamed up with national outfit Stowe Family Law to launch a free legal...
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The Glasgow Uni boffins trying their hands at designing law-themed board games
Family law lectures are out, family law board games are in Professor Jane Mair and Felicity Belton (image credit: Martin Shields) Academics at the University of Glasgow have come up with a novel way of...
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Freshfields considers fining mega-earning partners 20% of their income for...
Reported plan follows resignation of scandal-hit Ryan Beckwith Freshfields is reportedly considering a plan to fine its mega-earning partners up to 20% of their profit share for personal misconduct....
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Top spots for Baker McKenzie, Linklaters and CMS on 2019 law firm brand power...
Rankings based on the opinions of nearly 350 in-house lawyers Global law firm Baker McKenzie has secured top spot on a European brand power list for the second year running. The 2019 rankings, compiled...
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The skills lawyers of the 2020s need to succeed
As told by Pinsent Masons tax partner, Peter Morley, ahead of tomorrow’s student event in Leeds Peter Morley Tax is a red hot topic right now. The past few years have seen what may have previously been...
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Man tries to trick Durham Uni into awarding him female law grad’s degree — by...
Tried to make himself ‘feel better’ Durham University Law School (Credit: Durham University) A 30-year-old man has been slapped with a community order after he attempted to blag a free law degree from...
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Civil fraud lawyers get to embrace their inner detective
Ahead of Thursday’s student careers event, ‘Life as a civil fraud lawyer’, two RPC senior associates reflect on their time at the firm The first thing to know about civil fraud is that it covers...
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‘Not as smart as he thought’: government lawyer jailed for contempt of court...
Muhammad Bilal staged car accident and then represented the other driver in insurance claim Move over Coleen Rooney — there’s a new team of super-sleuths in town. Lawyers at Clyde & Co are...
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Lawyers joining Extinction Rebellion protests risk disciplinary action,...
Leigh Day associate Gideon Habel advises legally-minded protestors to carry out ‘risk analysis’ before hitting the streets Lawyers eager to hit the streets and join the Extinction Rebellion protests...
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Lawyers caught gossiping about employment case in the pub let off the hook
Discussion of how to ‘manage out’ man bringing discrimination claim not allowed into evidence The Court of Appeal has taken a stand on behalf of lawyers caught gossiping about live cases during after...
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‘My vision for the new solicitor super-exam’
Sarah Hutchinson, international managing director at BARBRI, discusses the future of legal education ahead of Tuesday’s commercial awareness event in Manchester Sarah Hutchinson Challenging times can...
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