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More than 60% of women lawyers feel their gender has prevented career...
But quotas aren’t the answer Most female lawyers believe that their career progression has been hampered because of their gender, according to new research released today. According to recruitment...
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Akin Gump London office latest to up NQ pay to £127k and beyond
City lawyers at Washington-based giant beneficiaries of US salary war and Brexit fears Akin Gump is the latest US law firm to offer an astonishing £127,000 to its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers based in...
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Norfolk and Cambridge County Councils ditch law firm Baker Small in wake of...
“Great win” turns into significant financial loss Things go from bad to worse for public sector specialists Baker Small, as two lucrative clients have severed ties with the law firm just 48 hours after...
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Sexist email DLA Piper partner fined £15,000
Nick West hit headlines back in 2014 after a number of derogatory emails between him and Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore were leaked A partner at international giant DLA Piper has...
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US outfit Cadwalader ups London NQ pay to coveted £124,000 level
New York stalwart jumps aboard the “MoneyLaw” bandwagon Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft is yet another US outfit to join the MoneyLaw movement, upping pay packets of its junior lawyers to an eye...
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The Met rejects calls to investigate ‘Waterloo sex QC’ — for now
As Graeme Stening accepts a caution for outraging public decency, talk turns to his anonymous female companion and whether she should be investigated for perverting the course of justice The shamed...
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Interview: ‘I have delayed doing the LPC because I got a paralegal job’
Nadine Shanahan found it easier to get a foothold on the career ladder than she had expected After attending Legal Cheek‘s ‘How to be a serious injury lawyer’ event with Fletchers in March, Nadine...
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Freshfields, Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy and Hogan Lovells lawyers...
With the EU referendum less than a week away, City outfits quietly ready themselves for possible exit A number of top City firms are taking steps to register their lawyers in the Republic of Ireland as...
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MoneyLaw could be the new Magic Circle
£124,000 newly qualified rate may prove a London game-changer The term ‘Magic Circle’ was coined by the then-dominant The Lawyer Magazine in the late 90s when Tony Blair was in charge of the country,...
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Would Brexit even be legal?
Top lawyers round on Gove and co’s “illegal” vote leave strategy A number of top lawyers have gone public with their concerns about whether a UK exit from the EU on Brexiteers’ terms would even be...
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Allen & Overy ups London-based US NQ lawyer pay packets to £124,000
MoneyLaw reaches the City’s magic circle Elite magic circle outfit Allen & Overy has today revealed that a number of US newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers within its London office will pocket a...
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Chelsy Davy speaks for the first time about quitting Allen & Overy
The lure of starting her own business was too strong Prince Harry’s former flame Chelsy Davy has finally revealed why she packed up shop and left Allen & Overy, one of the country’s most elite law...
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The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling EU referendum debate Three partners from the London office of Shearman & Sterling considered the pros and cons of Brexit last week as an audience of 80...
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Average senior in-house lawyer now takes home over £165,000
5% pay-packet increase for City law firm shunners Senior lawyers working in-house will take home an average of £165,190 this year in salaries and bonuses, new research has revealed. While law students...
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10 lawyers with weird and wonderful hobbies
What on earth is mycology? Horror stories about law firm working hours are all the rage, so it’s easy to assume that once you start your training contract or pupillage you’ll barely have enough time to...
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Simmons & Simmons ditches MBA for future trainees
Bespoke legal masters introduced in 2009 to be replaced by new “Trainee Skills Academy” International law firm Simmons & Simmons has confirmed that it will no longer provide a Master of Business...
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Boutique law firm asks wannabe trainees to sell themselves NOT their grades
Video killed the 3 As star Eighteen months ago Adam Morallee founded the boutique intellectual property and sport firm Brandsmiths. He now employs nine people but is taking a less traditional approach...
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City lawyers need to be street smart as well as book smart
Ahead of ‘How to make it as a City lawyer’, Mayer Brown Of Counsel Warsha Kalé recalls the transition from university to practice I think it’s fair to say that people expect a lot more from trainees...
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Karaoke Court is actually a thing
The brains behind the legally binding sing-offs found his inspiration in an undergrad jurisprudence lecture Tomorrow, would-be litigants will be singing their hearts out at London’s Karaoke Court in a...
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Could Tinder help you get a training contract?
I’m not talking about widening the age range on your profile so you can match with partners Could having a profile on social dating sites give you a fresh perspective on applying for training...
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