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Top City firms freeze junior lawyer pay in response to virus pandemic
HSF, Freshfields and A&O among outfits to introduce belt-tightening measures A growing number of City law firms have frozen the salaries of their junior lawyers as the profession braces itself for...
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Eversheds Sutherland launches chatroom app to combat lawyer loneliness during...
Open House features range of discussion areas including wellbeing, hobbies and kidzone Eversheds Sutherland has rolled out a new app that aims to combat loneliness among its home-working lawyers and...
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Vicarious liability in the Supreme Court spotlight
Birmingham Uni law student Olivia Gladstone looks at the recent high-profile tort cases involving Morrisons and Barclays On 1 April 2020, two cases came to the Supreme Court, WM Morrisons Supermarkets...
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City law firms give insights into SQE plans
Legal Cheek-BARBRI super-exam survey results revealed The UK’s biggest law firms are preparing to overhaul their training structures as the new route to solicitor qualification nears, and have now...
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City law firms introduce belt-tightening measures in wake of COVID-19
Furloughs, pay cuts and partner profit deferrals City law firms continue to tighten their belts as they look to protect themselves from the impending financial fallout of COVID-19. Bryan Cave Leighton...
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Macfarlanes posts 80% spring trainee retention score
One rookie leaves to set up healthcare business Macfarlanes has posted its 2020 spring retention score. The City player confirmed four of its five newly qualified (NQ) lawyers had stayed put, handing...
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COVID-19: City law furloughs and pay freezes continue
Outfits take financial measures to protect jobs amid pandemic City law firms continue to take steps to shield themselves from the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic through a combination of...
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Why a shift towards booze free law events is a positive for the profession
Husnara Begum reflects on life as a teetotalling magic circle trainee in the nineties Picture the scene. You’re a Muslim and a teetotaller. You’re a first seat trainee and you’ve been invited to a...
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Get out of bed and put on a shirt, judge tells Zooming lawyers
Makes plea after lawyers online etiquette falls short Lawyers should at least get out of bed and put on some clothes before logging in to virtual Zoom hearings, a Florida judge has urged. “We’ve seen...
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Norton Rose Fulbright’s four-day week plans get green light
COVID-19 latest: Eligible staff vote in favour of move that will see some work fewer hours for less pay Norton Rose Fulbright’s London office Staff at Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) have voted in favour...
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Don’t furlough staff to protect profits, ex-magic circle partner warns
Former Linklaters lawyer Trevor Clark warns bosses not to leap straight for taxpayer cash City firms shouldn’t put staff on furlough with government money just to protect their profits, a former magic...
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Female solicitors three times more likely to face workplace discrimination
New Law Society survey also shines spotlight on stress Female solicitors are three times more likely than their male counterparts to have experienced discrimination at work, according to new research...
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Business but not as usual: Lawyers share ‘work from home’ snaps on social media
Including one trainee with a paralegal pet tortoise Trainee solicitor Jack Meegan and his pet tortoise Rocky As lawyers brace themselves for yet another three weeks of working from home amid the...
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Pro bono group pits solicitors against barristers in ‘virtual fitness challenge’
Raising funds for charities impacted by COVID-19 in the process A pro bono group is encouraging lawyers to get a sweat on as part of a ‘virtual fitness challenge’ that aims to raise much-needed funds...
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No plans to delay SQE because of Covid-19, says regulator
SRA responds to Durham Law School chief’s call for super-exam to be postponed in light of pandemic The first assessments of the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) will take place “no earlier” than...
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Solicitors’ charity launches £1 million coronavirus hardship fund
SBA to help lawyers in serious financial difficulty A solicitors’ charity has launched a £1,000,000 emergency hardship fund to support members of the profession who find themselves in serious financial...
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Home-working judge appears topless on Zoom
Easily done A screenshot of the hearing A Brazilian judge has discovered first-hand the perils of working from home during the lockdown when he appeared shirtless during a video conference call with...
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Gateley furloughs trainee solicitors
Some rookies may also have qualification dates pushed back in response to pandemic Listed law firm Gateley has placed a number of its trainee solicitors into the government’s furlough scheme, it has...
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SRA’s go-to law firm won’t be punished over handling of missing briefcase...
Junior lawyer Claire Louise Matthews struck off earlier this month The regulator’s go-to law firm for disciplinary matters will not be penalised for its handling of an incident that led to a junior...
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Irwin Mitchell delays trainee start dates by six months in response to pandemic
Exclusive: New starters will now join in February 2021 Irwin Mitchell has become the first UK law firm to delay the start dates of its future trainee solicitors in response to the coronavirus pandemic....
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