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Clifford Chance seeks Chinese megafirm merger in bid for global domination
Firm declines to comment about reports that it wants to rise above the magic circle Elite magic circle outfit Clifford Chance is eyeing up possible Chinese suitors in a move that would bring it one...
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Silver circle law firm Ashurst boosts 12 to partner level
Four women among those promoted as global law firm chases 40% female partnership target Silver circle law firm Ashurst has elevated 12 lawyers to partner level as part of its latest round of promotions...
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Killer clause: How canny piece of wishful thinking netted Claudio Ranieri...
When drafting contracts: Always expect the unexpected It is easy to picture the scene at the King Power stadium. On one side of the negotiating table, Chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and his...
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Magic Circle outfit Slaughter and May raises junior lawyers pay packets by a...
Trainee remuneration at elite law firm also upped by £1,500 Magic Circle outfit Slaughter and May has revealed a modest pay boost for its trainee and junior lawyers, upping pay by £1,500. This means...
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Global giant Dentons launches work from home option for its UK lawyers
From hot desking to home desking: ‘Agile working’ is officially the latest City trend Global behemoth Dentons has confirmed that its UK lawyers can now work from the comfort of their own home for up to...
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Should I have become a window cleaner? One working-class graduate’s struggle...
BPTC and LPC graduate in ‘paralegal purgatory’ tells of his search for a decent law career I was born into a working class household on a council estate in Taunton, Somerset. In terms of the National...
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The in-house option: Statistics reveal more jobs for lawyers in business
Law Society figures show growth potential for in-house careers Instagram (hannahkerslake) According to the Society’s number crunchers, as of 31 July 2015, there are now over 5,000 commercial businesses...
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Freshfields boosts newly qualified pay by over A QUARTER to £85,000
Firm goes to the top of the magic circle pay league Magic circle outfit Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has leapt up the City law pay table with the announcement that it is upping junior solicitor pay...
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DWF launches apprenticeship that stops at paralegal level
Unlike some other law firm school-leaver schemes, course will not extend to qualification as a solicitor National law behemoth DWF has unveiled a version of the government-backed Trailblazer...
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What it’s like to be a projects lawyer working to create huge new things
Legal Cheek Careers meets the award-winning Pinsent Masons pair who are helping to build a new £588m NHS hospital mepotter (Instagram) Carly Caton and Lynne Davy will never forget the Sandwell and West...
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Mayoral Result: Lawyers 1; Old Etonians 0
Sadiq Khan nicks a goal back for the profession in centuries old battle with the privileged as to who should run country Sadiq Khan’s landslide victory over Old Etonian Zac Goldsmith as to who should...
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Flexi-working latest: Macfarlanes, Freshfields and White & Case join the...
But is the hot City trend of “agile working” simply a token gesture? City outfits Macfarlanes, Freshfields and White & Case are the latest firms to hop aboard the flexible-working bandwagon and...
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Can you make it to the magic circle without a Russell Group degree?
And even if you do, will your partnership prospects be damaged? In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one law student with partnership ambitions asks Legal Cheek readers what she is...
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Courtroom ‘selfie’ taker who uploaded group snap on Facebook slapped with...
The illegal photograph also captured the magistrates’ legal adviser in the background A man who took a selfie at York Magistrates Court and posted it on his personal Facebook page has been handed a...
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Vladimir Putin is poster boy for satirical anti-UK Snoopers’ Charter campaign
Russian President is joined by political leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping appearing to endorse controversial bill Free speech campaigners are using the images of controversial world...
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Would you be sent home from a law firm for refusing to wear high heels?
Female lawyers’ need to look the part — a pressure that won’t go away A cursory glance around any City law firm and you’ll see a lot of female lawyers wearing high heels. They are a staple feature of...
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Liverpool anger as Hillsborough QC is nominated for ‘Barrister of the Year’
John Beggs QC targeted in local press and on social media Some people in Liverpool are fuming after the barrister who represented senior police chiefs at an inquest into the Hillsborough disaster was...
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Capital’s lawyers limber up for London Legal Walk
All the legal celebs will be there Starting at 4.30pm today, judges, barristers, solicitors, students, apprentices, clerks, journalists and more will head to the heart of legal London to begin the...
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Law groups unify to create mental health taskforce
The move comes as research earlier this year revealed more than a third of calls to charity helpline were from stressed-out junior lawyers Fifteen organisations working in the law have joined forces to...
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Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time: EU referendum special — with...
Top EU lawyers discuss vote implications; students ask the questions — with 30 free places up for grabs Legal Cheek Careers is teaming up with elite law firm Shearman & Sterling to hold an...
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