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The opportunities that the Northern Powerhouse will create for future lawyers
Today’s law graduates will lead the delivery of huge transportation projects like HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail, says Bond Dickinson partner Kevin Bell ahead of ‘Commercial Awareness Question Time:...
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Kirkland & Ellis introduces salary cap after currency fluctuations saw London...
Brexit and Trump have led to a volatile exchange rate US giant Kirkland & Ellis has introduced a salary cap for its London-based associates after currency fluctuations saw the firm’s...
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Struck-off City solicitor brushes off spell in jail to win ‘Lawyer of the...
He denies sponsoring gong A struck-off City solicitor who was jailed in 2013 for a series of frauds amounting to in excess of £3 million has bagged himself a ‘Lawyer of the Year’ award. Andrew Iyer —...
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Allen & Overy trainee ‘sacked’ by student news website over allegations he...
Magic circle giant remains tight-lipped A news website has announced on Facebook that it has “sacked” one of its writers, Sachin Parathalingam, over an article he wrote for the site. According to the...
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Why I left Linklaters to work on a game for people with dementia
‘I miss the people and I miss the team, but with great risk comes great reward’ John Ramsay achieved something most of our readers will be very jealous of. While in his second year of a languages...
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First batch of ‘incredibly lucky’ sponsored legal aid trainees become solicitors
Three-quarters stay on The first Justice First Fellows (JFFs) — a group of aspiring legal aid lawyers whose training contracts are sponsored by a legal education charity — have now qualified. Eight of...
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CPS solicitor who launched petition to stop Trump making UK state visit could...
Graham Guest’s online appeal has received over 1.8 million signatures Image via Michal Krauthamer A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) solicitor who petitioned the government to cancel President Donald...
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What went wrong with the firm that morphed into KWM?
Sex, drugs and staff “treated like dirt” — a former partner shares his first-hand account Philip Goldenberg joined King & Wood Mallesons legacy firm SJ Berwin at its inception, and was a corporate...
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Is a training contract the only way?
I’m doing a law degree, but the CILEx route is pulling me in In the latest instalment in our Career Conundrums series, one law student wonders whether she should keep hold of her Legal Practice Course...
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Dentons domination: Largest law firm in the world eyes Dutch tie-up
Report suggests the firm is in merger talks with Boekel de Nerée Global super-giant Dentons is eyeing up a Dutch law firm, according to the latest merger gossip. In its seemingly continued quest for...
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A good day at work? Not likely if you’re a lawyer
It’s not just Trump and Brexit which are getting us down Research by business psychologists Robertson Cooper recently found that a sad 25% of adults say that work makes them unhappy, and 10% say that...
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K&L Gates’ London associate pay remains unchanged despite having target hours...
Lawyers now expected to clock up 2,088 billable hours each year K&L Gates’ London lawyers have had their billable hours target upped by a whopping 30%, but will not receive a salary increase. Prior...
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How I became a City law firm partner at just 36
Hogan Lovells’ Richard Goss shares his tips for aspiring lawyers At 36, and having just become a partner with Holborn-based international powerhouse Hogan Lovells, Richard Goss has reached the holy...
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Solicitor who stalked barrister hubby’s ex-lover fined £1,000 by regulator
London-based property law specialist now subject to a year-long restraining order and curfew A top solicitor has been handed a £1,000 fine by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after carrying...
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KWM administrators launch investigation into European arm’s collapse
But a final verdict is a ‘long way down the line’ The administrators of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) now defunct UK, European and Middle East (EUME) arm have confirmed that an investigation into the...
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Berwin Leighton Paisner gears up for Manchester training contract launch
But places will (for now) only be open to staff up North International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has revealed plans to introduce training contracts in its Manchester office. Having...
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Linklaters silent over air-rage armrest passenger’s solicitor claim
Footage of ‘lawyers’ clashing on Malaga bound flight has gone viral An aeroplane passenger who was filmed arguing with a fellow traveller about an armrest told him that she was a lawyer at magic circle...
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Clifford Chance’s spring retention score slumps to 67%
Magic circle colossus keeps just 31 trainees The London office of Clifford Chance has unveiled a disappointing 2017 spring retention result of 67%. The firm, which is a member of an elite group of...
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I used my autism to my advantage and secured a training contract at Reed Smith
Why keep quiet about a disability when it has so many positive aspects? Few people in life are brought up thinking being disabled is a good thing. To many ‘disability’ is a hair’s breadth away from...
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The Daily Mail went on a crazy anti-lawyer rampage this weekend
Newspaper’s tirade included telling profession it should apologise for Phil Shiner Few lawyers were left unscathed this weekend in a brutal anti-lawyer article that had something bad to say about...
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