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Law on lockdown: The dissertation pic round-up
*Adds Photoshop skills to LinkedIn* Before COVID-19, legal dissertations amounted to semester-long sentences, to be served in the law library. For the many hard working, sleep-deprived and caffeine...
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Law veteran who turned DLA Piper into a global giant takes over at DWF
Nigel Knowles — the man behind DLA’s ascent from middling Yorkshire outfit to one of the biggest firms in the world — takes over from DWF’s long serving leader Andrew Leaitherland Sir Nigel Knowles and...
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National firm to close London office as it looks to embrace permanent...
Slater and Gordon to find smaller hub suitable for post COVID-19 world Slater and Gordon is set to ditch its London office once its lease is up in September, as it looks to embrace permanent...
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A&O-O’Melveny mega-merger scuppered by plummeting pound, former magic circle...
Andrew Ballheimer was told bad news while holidaying in Spain Long-running merger talks between Allen & Overy and US outfit O’Melveny & Myers collapsed last year when the dollar rose sharply...
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How law students can manage the uncertainty caused by COVID-19
We sit down (virtually) with Sarah Harte, graduate recruitment and development manager at global firm Dentons, for her take on things Dentons graduate recruitment and development manager Sarah Harte...
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Reed Smith to cut London lawyer roles due to pandemic
‘Targeted redundancy process’ will impact ‘small number’ of associates and staff, global outfit says Reed Smith has rolled out a series of fresh belt-tightening measures in response to the COVID-19...
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You don’t have to do a training contract to be a lawyer
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s virtual student event ‘Commercial Awareness Question Time — NewLaw and the changing legal market’ on Thursday, BARBRI’s Tracy Savage explains why the super-exam heralds a new era...
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9 things to think about if you plan to switch careers to law
Lawyers who’ve come into law from other industries share their insights Some of the burning questions on career changers’ minds have been answered: Am I too old? Why are my A-Level grades still...
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Sidley Austin retains all 11 autumn NQ solicitors
One associate-to-be is on a fixed-term contract Sidley Austin has become the first major law firm to reveal its autumn 2020 retention score. The US outfit confirmed that all 11 trainee solicitors based...
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Fulham man complains that his aspiring lawyer flatmate (whose TC has been...
His parents pay for his rent, Tube fare, food shops and nights out A man based in Fulham, Chelsea, has complained to a national newspaper that his future lawyer flatmate is claiming benefits while...
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DLA Piper offers future trainees £10,000 to delay TC start dates by a year
Exclusive: Or £5,000 for six months DLA Piper is offering future trainees up to £10,000 to voluntarily push back the start dates of their training contracts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Legal...
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DWF defers training contract start dates by six months
Thirty-one new joiners will now start in February DWF has confirmed that it will push back the start dates of its next UK trainee cohort by six months. Thirty-one trainee solicitors-to-be were due to...
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What does the future hold for Hong Kong’s global legal hub?
Ahead of next week’s Staying Set for Success virtual event which focuses on ‘Life as a global business lawyer in Hong Kong’, ULaw’s Peter Crisp shares his predictions for legal life after COVID-19...
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Freshfields lawyers aghast after senior partner refers to ‘Blacks’ in...
Boss Edward Braham apologises and says he is ‘committed to learning from this’ The senior partner of Freshfields is facing a backlash after referring to ‘Blacks’ in a firm-wide email that attempted to...
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CONFIRMED: This is what the new solicitor super-exam will look like
Two-part assessment to come into force from 1 September 2021 — subject to LSB approval The regulator has today revealed the final design of the new solicitor super-exam. The Solicitors Regulation...
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Stephenson Harwood embraces earn-while-you-learn solicitor apprenticeships
City player also launches £15k a year scholarship fund in diversity push Stephenson Harwood is the latest law firm to launch a solicitor apprenticeship programme. The six-year course sees...
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COVID-19, tech and the SQE — the top talking points from LegalEdCon 2020
Prominent figures from the world of law came together, virtually, to discuss how the impact of coronavirus and an increasing reliance on tech will shape the future of legal education and training,...
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Mills & Reeve keeps 16 out of 18 autumn NQs
One on fixed-term deal Mills & Reeve has become the second law firm to reveal its autumn 2020 trainee retention score. From a September qualifying cohort of 18, the UK outfit has retained 16...
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Taylor Wessing furloughs lawyers and green lights flexi-working scheme
Bonus payments will be split into two instalments Taylor Wessing has furloughed some of its lawyers and given the green light for its new flexi-working scheme. A small group of UK-based associates have...
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Unexpected death of former Baker McKenzie chief was suicide, inquest hears
Paul Rawlinson took his own life at Swiss treatment centre Paul Rawlinson A former Baker McKenzie boss who died unexpectedly last year took his own life, an inquest has been told. Paul Rawlinson,...
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