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By DebbieH 05 Feb 2015 0 min read

ABC’s Suits. An accurate portrayal of the legal industry?

American legal drama Suits is an award-winning primetime legal drama which centres around the fictional New York legal firm Pearson Spector The twist in the plot is that the main character senior asso...

By DebbieH 23 Apr 2014 0 min read

Alternate Paths in Law: Legal Costs Lawyer

Often the road leading to practising law is portrayed in a simplistic way take a law degree graduate with a or higher and then study for either the LPC or the Bar ensuring you have a pupillage or trai...

By DebbieH 31 Mar 2014 0 min read

The results are in for Douglas Scott’s 2014 Legal Salary Benchmarker

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment s legal salary benchmark survey is now complete and the results have been published Alongside important new information on legal salaries around the country the survey...

By DebbieH 11 Mar 2014 0 min read

School leavers offered solicitor apprenticeships

A government-backed apprenticeship scheme for school leavers to train as solicitors has been launched in England and Wales The scheme incorporates Law as one of sectors to sign up for the Future of Ap...

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By DebbieH 03 Dec 2013 0 min read

Law student mentoring scheme attracts over 600 volunteers

Legal practitioners who have volunteered to act as mentors to the next generation of lawyers convened at The University of Law s London Bloomsbury centre last week for the launch of its annual mentori...

By DebbieH 24 Oct 2013 0 min read

HFW steps up international recruitment focus

City law firm Holman Fenwick Willan has set out its ambition to recruit more internationally-minded trainee lawyers according to a recent story in The Lawyer Being a leader in international commerce t...

By DebbieH 22 Oct 2013 0 min read

Working for Irwin Mitchell

Irwin Mitchell is a leading UK law firm today employing over partners and over associates consultants senior advisors and other fee earners In total there are over employees Best known for its persona...

By DebbieH 07 Oct 2013 0 min read

Working for Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells is a global legal practice that is known worldwide for its main practices corporate finance and litigation The firm has distinctive strengths in the areas of government regulatory litiga...

By DebbieH 17 Sep 2013 0 min read

Working for DAC Beachcroft

DAC Beachcroft is one of the largest commercial law firms in the UK with offices in London Manchester Leeds Birmingham Bristol Newcastle Winchester Newport Edinburgh and Glasgow With a global workforc...

By DebbieH 12 Sep 2013 0 min read

Women still under-represented in top-level legal roles

BBC Woman s Hour s UK female Power List has two prominent lawyers in the Top Dame Heather Carol Hallett is noted for being the fifth woman to sit as judge in the Court of Appeal while Baroness Brenda...

By DebbieH 09 Sep 2013 0 min read

Will hobbies help or hinder a law CV?

By Heidi Nicholson Opinions are divided on whether there is any purpose to the interests section of a CV The traditional view is that your hobbies and pastimes show something of you as a person and de...