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Manchester law firm in front line of debate over possible Ched Evans move to...
Kit sponsorship means the firm’s name would brush up against that of the convicted rapist — but CM Solicitors says it will not pull plug on deal if the Wales international signs on at Boundary Park...
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Got a deep macho voice? Best not to become a court advocate, say researchers
Study shows that confidence is far more important than sounding testosterone-fuelled when wooing judges and juries Silver fox QCs take note — researchers have found that having a deep, matinee idol...
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8 vac scheme application form hacks
Warwick history graduate Harrison Hutchinson, who starts a training contract at Shearman & Sterling next year, explains how to nail a vac scheme application 1. It’s much easier to build an answer...
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Law firm faces tirade of Twitter abuse for standing by Oldham as Ched Evans...
CM Solicitors — who act for Oldham as well as sponsoring the club — face down social media backlash Twitter opprobrium is raining down on the law firm sponsoring Oldham Athletic after the League One...
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Law firms ditch training contracts in favour of ‘periods of recognised training’
25-year-old term consigned to history as not-very-catchy replacement is introduced Not so much with a bang but a whimper — the solicitor training contract has effectively died. The term — which was...
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Why the cab rank rule is history
There’s never a taxi when you want one — the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date For most modern law students, cab ranks are where...
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Latham & Watkins becomes latest firm to ‘northshore’ with Manchester support...
City law firms’ quest for lower overheads and staff costs continues The tide of City law firms launching “support” offices outside London continues to flow, with Latham & Watkins the latest to make...
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11 reasons to think twice about doing the BPTC
Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today’s deadline? Read this first 1. Falling pupillage numbers Pupillage numbers fell from 562 in 2007-08 to 438...
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BBC throws jobless LPC students a training contract lifeline
New in-house TCs start in September this year The BBC is to throw a lifeline to students who are doing the Legal Practice Course (LPC) without having first secured a training contract — as it prepares...
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Is this the most random Twitter hacking ever to have befallen a law firm?
Hill Dickinson’s Twitter account “hacked” by The Undateables fan As far as hacking goes, a Liverpool-based corporate law firm’s Twitter account wouldn’t be at the top of most cyber criminals’ lists. So...
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Legal profession has best-ever showing in gay-friendly employer rankings
Three law firms make top 10 of Stonewall list, seven more in top 100 — and one granted “star performer” status. Plus the CPS is there too The huge strides made by City law firms in recent years to...
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Clifford Chance trainee pulls Charlie Hebdo rant from YouTube
Exclusive: Magic circle firm distances itself from rookie’s online diatribe — not difficult to imagine the reaction of senior partners A trainee at magic circle law firm Clifford Chance has pulled a...
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You might want to avoid White & Case’s canteen
London office of US firm given 1/5 hygiene rating by Food Standards Agency You’d expect the canteens at glitzy international law firms to score top food hygiene ratings. And indeed most do: a few...
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Full 21 minute video: Clifford Chance trainee’s Charlie Hebdo rant has...
Exclusive: Magic circle rookie issues apology as his controversial musings on Paris attacks re-emerge online The full video of the Clifford Chance trainee’s rant about the Paris attacks has re-appeared...
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Someone has done a poo on the floor of Westminster Magistrates Court
Solicitor’s tweet about excrement on floor of Westminster Magistrates Court leads to Vice interview Yesterday at 3:42pm criminal solicitor Marianna Christou made this shocking discovery. Not even...
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£1,750-a-head Magna Carta ‘summit’ hijacked by legal aid event that costs a...
With stratospheric delegate fees, don’t expect to see too many young lawyers brushing shoulders with the PM and BoJo at next month’s official Magna Carta celebrations. But there is an alternative… The...
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London office of US firm launches unpaid vac scheme-lite for first year students
Weil Gotshal & Manges cites an “increasingly competitive environment” in move to target ever-younger students, who will be working for free For the eagerest of eager beaver wannabe lawyers, the...
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The first City law firm trainee retention rate of 2015 has been released
Trowers & Hamlins’ 82% figure bodes well, but it’s early days yet Medium-sized corporate outfit Trowers & Hamlins has become the first City firm to announce its trainee retention rate for 2015....
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Dentons merges with China’s Dacheng to become the biggest law firm ever to...
London firm quiet on prospects for trainees in wake of China merger Its economy may have shuddered to its slowest pace of growth in nearly a quarter century, but western law firms are still keen on a...
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Clifford Chance’s Aysh Chaudhry saga — a sad and salutary tale
Global mega firm caught between a rock and a hard place as fall-out from YouTube rant lingers Rarely does one feel sorry for senior managers at global law firms, but Clifford Chance’s top partnership...
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