Is this the end of the road for solicitors and barristers? The UK legal profession is bracing itself for the biggest shake up in a generation as the government announces plans for a new ‘Balicitor’ category combing the solicitor and…
Magic Circle lawyer turned career guru Husnara Begum offers her top tips I have mentored hundreds of final seat trainees preparing to make the jump to newly qualified (NQ) level during some of the most challenging qualification rounds. This included…
Another Skadden lawyer goes viral Another Skadden lawyer has gone viral — this time on LinkedIn — after resigning from the firm following its $100 million pro bono deal to avoid a potential executive order. In the post titled “Skadden…
Rachel Cohen’s message comes as her own firm strikes $100 million deal with US President Rachel Cohen and her online ‘toolkit’ Departing Skadden associate Rachel Cohen has called on fellow BigLaw lawyers to withdraw from their firms’ recruitment efforts, in…
From contracts to coffee beans Global law firm Hogan Lovells has traded corporate deals for coffee beans with the launch of Nova, a new café and bakery at its London HQ that’s now open to the public. Tucked away on…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Top US law firms balk at backing Perkins’ challenge to Trump sanctions [Financial Times] (£) Trump Suffers Day of Losses in His Retribution Campaign Against Law Firms [New…
New exec order cites firm’s ties to ex-US special counsel in Trump-Russia probe President Donald Trump has signed yet another executive order, this time targeting BigLaw giant WilmerHale, which has ties to the lawyer who led the investigation into Trump’s…
Trainee pay bumped up too US law firm Winston & Strawn has announced a £1,000 salary increase for its first and second-year trainees, along with a substantial £10,000 boost for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors in London, bringing NQ pay to…
A round-up of online musings, memes and more Law firm tries to claw back SQE fees from student [Chris Lee on LinkedIn] I am all about that Corporate Life [Legal Cheek on Instagram] View this post on Instagram A post…
Ill-judged joke A magistrate has received a formal warning after the judicial watchdog said he suggested dealing with young offenders by, in its words, “cutting off parts of their anatomy”. Although Mr Michael Berry JP did not use those exact…