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Exclusive: City law firms to cover vac schemers wasted expenses amid COVID-19...
Large number of spring programmes put on hold City law firms have pledged to cover postponed spring vac schemers’ wasted expenses, Legal Cheek can reveal. In recent weeks we’ve seen a number of law...
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Virtual Legal Cheek Awards: Shortlist announced for Firm of the Year
Winner to be announced at exclusive online ceremony tonight from 6pm There are all sorts of things that make or break a junior lawyer’s experience in a law firm. Will I receive top-quality work? Are...
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And the winners of the (virtual) Legal Cheek Awards 2020 are…
Who won what Legal Cheek‘s annual awards ceremony returned this year, virtually, to celebrate the top trainee-rated firms and chambers of 2020. Two-hundred guests donned their most glamorous getups...
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Lawyers working from home urged to donate commute savings to COVID-19 charities
Herbert Smith Freehills associate says City professionals are inadvertently saving up to 13 quid a day A City lawyer has launched a campaign calling on commuters kept at home by coronavirus to donate...
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Remote hearings resource hub launches in wake of virus pandemic
Richard Susskind-led platform comes as lawyers turn to tech to keep justice system functioning A new online resource hub that aims to promote and develop the use of remote hearings in the wake of the...
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Private school kids continue to dominate corporate law
‘Much more work to be done’, says SRA chief Eton College (credit: Herry Lawford via Wikimedia Commons) and London Corporate law firms continue to be dominated by privately-educated lawyers, new...
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Meet the pioneers shaking up the legal industry
This month’s ULaw Verdict magazine launch event shone a spotlight on stars from Cleary Gottlieb, Reed Smith, Clyde & Co, 11KBW and Obelisk Left to right: Harini Iyengar, Eloise Skinner, Wynne...
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Exclusive: Bat appreciation group threatens legal action over COVID-19 source...
Online assertions based on evidence that isn’t ‘ultra-sound’, claims group’s chairman A leading group of chiropterologists has threatened unprecedented legal action against anyone who dares suggest...
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Get supermarket staff to witness your legal docs during lockdown, says law firm
Does COVID-19 advice miss the mark? A London law firm has suggested members of the public get their legal documents witnessed while they’re out shopping for essentials. In a recent blog post, Axiom...
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Law under lockdown: Junior lawyers share their home-working experiences
Some love it, some not so much… The continued coronavirus disruption and move to more agile ways of working can be challenging for lawyers, not least if you’re among the most junior members of the...
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COVID-19: What it means for aspiring lawyers
Commercial insights and careers advice courtesy of four experts At the Norwich edition of Legal Cheek‘s Secrets to Success events series — held in association with The University of Law (ULaw) — a...
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Norton Rose Fulbright asks lawyers to work four-day week in response to...
Global giant adopted similar measures during 2008-9 financial crisis Norton Rose Fulbright’s London office Norton Rose Fulbright has asked its lawyers to drop down to a four-day working week in...
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‘Will coronavirus cost me my magic circle TC?’
I’m due to start in August 2022 In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one future magic circle trainee is concerned that the coronavirus pandemic could result in her training contact...
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Video: Legal life before and after COVID-19
From City law to social distancing Legal life before corona – two weeks later – now Posted by Legal Cheek on Monday, 30 March 2020 As COVID-19 continues to send shockwaves through the global economy,...
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Trainees flock home to mum and dad amid coronavirus pandemic
Be a magic circle hotshot from your childhood bedroom We’re living in treacherous times: crashing stock markets, stockpiling and police-enforced lockdowns as the world continues to battle the novel...
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Lawyers lead country as Raab steps in for hospitalised PM and Starmer wins...
Ex-Links associate and Doughty Street barrister in spotlight Dominic Raab and Sir Keir Starmer QC A former magic circle lawyer and a barrister at famed human rights set Doughty Street Chambers have...
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Newly qualified solicitor struck off over lost work briefcase
Junior lawyer’s fate was sealed when she lied to colleagues about the incident A newly qualified solicitor who left sensitive client files on the train and lied about it for 24 hours has been banned...
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Coronavirus has got nothing on the 2008 financial crisis, says ex-Clifford...
Tony Williams reckons the pandemic is less of a threat to law firms than the crash Coronavirus is less of a threat to law firms than the 2008 financial crisis was, according to a former Clifford Chance...
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Magic circle firms reveal gender pay gap results
As government confirms reporting requirements scrapped in light of COVID-19 outbreak Four out of the five magic circle circle law firms have now released their gender pay gap stats. Combining total...
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COVID-19: Clifford Chance summer vacation scheme goes virtual
New online offering to feature networking sessions, cooking and yoga classes too Magic circler Clifford Chance has today announced its 2020 summer vacation scheme will go ahead, virtually, in response...
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