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‘Grayling and Gove attempt to go unnoticed’— the London Legal Walk in pics...
The legal great and good were in attendance for yet another successful charity walk — but were there some unwelcome guests? The rain subsided and the sun shone, as 9,000 legal professionals and...
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Market recovery in question as three law firms wield redundancy axe
Could flurry of lay-offs at Hill Dickinson, Capsticks and Plexus Law be the beginning of something? Legal profession recruitment gurus may be talking up a recovering market — and official figures...
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Was Osama bin Laden doing law revision when raided by special forces?
US spooks reveal the al-Qaeda supremo was leafing through LSE-educated solicitor’s book in the hours before he met his end The London School of Economics is renowned for some big-name graduates — not...
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Linklaters takes trainee pay honours for English firms — just days after...
Magic circle firm also boosts cash for qualifying solicitors but this time falls short of transatlantic rivals and Slaughter and May Magic circle firm Linklaters has shot to the top of the English...
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Breaking news (er … wind) — fart clears East Midlands courtroom
It’s Friday — so brace yourselves for a spot of scatological reporting In what doubtless recalled one of cinema’s most famous episodes — the campfire scene in Mel Brooks’s 1974 classic Blazing Saddles...
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McKenzie friend gives budding advocates a lesson in how not to behave in court
Don’t call the other side a “lying slag” and/or “bitch” and don’t physically “face up” to barristers in court Nigel Baggaley’s recent career amounts to a superb tutorial in how advocates should not...
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Event: Alternatives for wannabe barristers — the City, in-house and academia
Legal Cheek session at Inner Temple featuring a panel of top solicitors and barristers — open to all law students, with free tickets available below Make no mistake, the elite end of the bar continues...
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Shearman & Sterling blitzes magic circle with trainee and NQ pay rises
London office of US firm asserts pay supremacy after recent rises by Linklaters and Slaughter and May The escalating junior lawyer pay war among English law firms has been put into perspective after...
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Ashurst latest firm to boost trainee and junior lawyer pay
Gap emerging as “silver circle” firm’s pay rises fall short of top 10 rivals City outfit Ashurst has become the latest law firm to raise pay for rookie solicitors, boosting trainee and newly qualified...
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Life in a law firm: ‘Prepping to go to Russia #fridaynightmare #byebyeweekend’
RPC trainee Sarah Pearson on what it’s like to drop everything and head to St Petersburg for work Followers of the @LifeinaLawFirm Twitter account — which is operated by RPC’s 40 trainees, without any...
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City lawyer posts Adele-inspired ode to land law on YouTube
Charles Russell Speechlys partner celebrates lease enfranchisement through song with cover of ‘Make You Feel My Love’ It can take a while to grasp land law, but once mastered lawyers’ love for the...
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Former Allen & Overy solicitor Chelsy Davy joins ‘hedonistic vibes’ DJ...
Prince Harry’s ex makes next move after quitting magic circle Since Chelsy Davy left City practice last autumn amid suggestions that she found it too boring gossip has raged about what her next move...
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City lawyer-to-be ‘Dimitri’ reacts to pay rise news
‘Dimitri Finds Out’ meme: the corporate law version Legal news has been dominated by money in recent weeks, with firms across the City upping trainee and newly-qualified (NQ) pay to what some believe...
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Barrister wins charity walk photo contest with shot of lawyers breaking rules
Mental Capacity Act specialist ramps up the comedy and dispels the boring Chancery lawyer stereotype Barrister Barbara Rich will soon be parading around legal London kitted out in a highly coveted...
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9 young lawyers to follow on social media for a glimpse into the glamorous...
For an alternative insight into the whirlwind lives of lawyers at the junior end of the British legal profession look no further than these Instagram and Twitter accounts 1. Krishna Omkar, associate at...
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Cutting edge ‘virtual’ law firm in hot water over ambulance-chasing Alton...
Solicitors quickly ditch social media bid to pick up work in wake of Staffordshire amusement park disaster A group of lawyers is today licking its wounds after discovering that no matter how cutting...
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Millionaire A&O partners award themselves bonuses while remaining silent on...
It may well be a grind, but if you can make it to the top of the English solicitors’ profession, a pool of cash awaits Moves by several City of London law firms to boost trainee and newly-qualified...
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What the supervisor says Vs What the trainee hears
Junior and senior lawyers speak a different language As the poor, tired, huddled masses of trainees and pupils gird their loins for their arrival on the legal shores, yearning to breathe free,...
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The hard route to becoming a City lawyer
King & Wood Mallesons solicitor Jeremy Consitt — who’ll be speaking at our latest free careers advice event later this month — spent 15 years working his way up from the bottom I never expected to...
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Officialdom’s advice to lawyers: be nice to litigants in person
Legal profession kingpins advise qualified advocates that it’s not a good idea to swear at irritating members of public representing themselves In the world of bureaucracy, the current triumvirate...
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