Lawyers

‘I found the work so boring,’ says former Linklaters lawyer Dorothy Henson An ex-trainee solicitor at the magic circle law firm Linklaters has shared her incredible story which saw her give up the daily corporate law grind to live on ...

34 out of 37 trainees kept on Allen & Overy’s London office Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the first law firm to reveal its spring 2021 trainee retention result. Of the 37 trainees due to qualify in March this ...

28 January virtual event marks super-exam launch year; speakers include key figures from law firms and legal education The speakers for Legal Cheek‘s The SQE Sessions virtual event have been unveiled today. The speakers, who include key figures within law ...

Almost two-thirds hope for hybrid-working once pandemic is over, research reveals Lawyers will put in the equivalent of an extra 20 days of work a year while working from home amidst the coronavirus pandemic, as nearly two-thirds hope for a ...

Robyn Darbyshire stars in ITV2’s The Cabins which premiered this week Robyn Darbyshire Ever since the winter edition of popular dating show Love Island concluded and it was announced that the regular summer version would be postponed due to the ...

Social media posts come as Gateway reopens today A pupillage ‘goody bag’ (image credit: pupil barrister Ella Embleton) Excitable baby barristers have taken to Twitter to mark their first day of pupillage as the Gateway reopens for a fresh round ...

SQE1 to take place on 8 and 11 November 2021, with SQE2 in April 2022 The dates for the first-ever sit of the new solicitor super-exam are in the public domain. The Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE), a two-part national assessment ...

92% of individuals struck off in 2018/19 were men, new report finds The majority of the solicitor regulator’s investigations over the previous year involved male practitioners, new figures have shown. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) today announced that 67% of ...

Also reinstates partner distributions Slaughter and May’s London office Slaughter and May is bumping up associates’ bonuses but is continuing with its firm-wide pay freeze until a review of the situation early next year. Slaughter and May executive partner Paul ...

Former Bar Council chief Richard Atkins apologises for posting tweet quoting recently deceased judge A top QC has come under fire for suggesting pupil barristers should have “well polished shoes” and a “proper hair cut”. In a tweet last week, ...